MSME players want Kenya to match US protectionist policies to shield local industries from cheap imports
Head of Programme for Promotion of Self Employment and Entrepreneurship at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) Irene Omogi explained that some of the key challenges that the policy review will address include putting in place regulations which will ease access to credit for informal businesses.
Study: Covid deaths were inflated and ‘over-reporting was intentional’ as infections were quite mild but it was necessary to scare people into believing the virus was severe
“There was a financial desire to make a lot of money from rapidly developed mRNA vaccines and to set a precedent for this in the future,” Bell said. “As infections from SARS-CoV-2 virus were generally quite mild, it was necessary to scare people into thinking Covid-19 was far more severe, and far more prevalent, than it actually was.”
Farmers in Murang’a County in central Kenya to tap into expanding avocado, tea and coffee markets in China, USA
Murang’a County has an avocado farmers’ association that brings farmers together while the tea sector is managed by tea factories that contract KTDA as their management agency and the coffee sector is led through coffee co-operative societies.
Americans now admit no ‘natural’ or human origin of Covid, confirms evidence virus leaked from Wuhan lab
The Trump administration last week launched a revamped version of the government’s official Covid-19 website. The site is now dedicated exclusively to detailing evidence of the “true origins” of Covid-19” which the White House says escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.
Kenya secures $25 million from World Bank to fund national youth opportunities programme
The NYOTA programme targets youth aged between 18 and 29 (and up to 35 years for Persons with Disability – PWD) aims to address unemployment, enhance income generation and promote a savings culture among the target group.
Urbanisation: With a population of nearly 6,000, Malava Town in western Kenya on cusp of municipal status
Once formed, the Municipal Board will play a critical role in planning and managing urban growth, ensuring that the town becomes a hub for sustainable development and economic activity in the region.
Rattled high coffee output by neighbours, Kenya plans to revamp its wobbly industry to produce 500,000 tonnes annually
Murang’a governor Irungu Kang’ata said his administration will set aside some funds in the next financial year to support farmers. The funds, he said, will facilitate farmers to increase production, saying from next month, a team from the county government will tour the USA and China to search for a market for Murang’a coffee.
Kenya: ICRISAT unveils strategy to turn Africa’s expansive deserts into food baskets
ICRISAT Deputy Director General for Research and Innovation Stanford Blade observed that the drylands problems are intensifying, becoming fiercer and more frequent, hence the need to strengthen the research and science base.
Long before US brutally sliced international funding there were pointers donors are fatigued
Ignoring US funding to focus on the wider base of donors, the numbers show how humanitarian funding reached a peak in 2022, when donor governments gave 52 per cent above their 2015 levels. When including US funding, however, humanitarian aid continued to rise in 2023 before starting its decline.
Marionette or president? How United Arab Emirates funds Ruto’s pork barrel politics to gain easy access East African natural resources
In Nairobi, security and international diplomacy experts aver that Kenya’s credibility is headed for the headwinds following US’ Africa policy switch that signals disengagement with the continent. US aid freeze leaves African countries at the mercy of Middle East kingdoms that have become influential as alternative lenders to World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the US.
