Kenya’s Lake Basin Development Authority plans to ramp up rice production by reducing cost and sidestepping brokers
The authority’s Kibos Rice Mill, which has been in full operation for one year, he said, can mill between three and 4.5 tonnes of paddy per hour. But to avoid stifling private businesses, LBDA, he said, has been passing excess paddy to local millers after taking them through KEBS quality standards.
Armed crime takes control of Garissa in north-eastern Kenya as authorities blame Somali maslah dispute settlement
Complainants, fear being targeted if the decline to agree to Maslah settlement, he explained.
WWF reviews blue economy programmes in Western Indian Ocean
While the programme has made progress in awareness creation and policy engagement, Awadh pointed out that the fisheries sector still faces challenges, including limited funding and capacity gaps among Beach Management Units (BMUs).
Last bow: Retired Catholic Bishop Emeritus Sulumeti breathes his last in Nairobi Hospital
Bishop Philip Sulumeti was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu in 1972 and became Titular Bishop of URCI at the age of 35. On August 20, same year, he was ordained and in August 1976, he became Bishop of Kisumu, succeeding Bishop Joannes de-Reeper of the Mill Hill Missionaries under whom he had served closely.
Police: Men in 20-60 age bracket are more likely to commit suicide in Murang’a in central Kenya
The rising suicide cases in Murang’a mirror a nationwide concern over increasing cases of suicide. Although current national data is limited, a 2021 Ministry of Health report estimated that at least four suicide deaths occur daily in Kenya.
Eldoret court in Kenya’s Rift Valley sentences driver to life in jail defiling minor
The accused committed the crime of defiling the girl on May 8, 2025, at Katuiyo village in Ainabkoi subcounty, Uasin Gishu County.
Kenya’s premier agricultural university, Egerton, enters deal with US based firm to assemble tractors
The deal was signed by Egerton University Vice Chancellor Isaac Kibwage, Jaclyn Schess and Mike Christensen from the Idaho-based IROC Tractors and Agypro International’s Bill Bough Miller and Emmanuel Juma who is the Country Manager, Agypro Kenya.
Magistrate in Rift Valley warns kangaroo courts lack capacity to hear children’s cases
Ms Adhiambo said while the court has been ensuring that children cases are heard and determined within six months, they want to ensure that all pending cases are done with during this month.
Culture: Africa’s most expressive and world renowned Maasai people hold biggest festival to drink milk, eat meat and dance
The five-day festival being held in Amboseli National Park was officially opened by Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku, alongside Narok’s Governor Patrick ole Ntutu and Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit.
Student activism to Gen-Z activism: How radical Dar University student leader Kichamu Akivaga sowed seeds of ideological shift that makes Tanzanians fear Kenyans
Because of his extremist stance, Kichamu Akivaga fell in trouble with Tanzanian state and university authorities that instigated Tanzanian students to overthrow him, replacing him with a Tanzanian student leader who toed the line.
