Parents and teachers told to confirm authenticity of text books

The addendum contains approved books for Pre-Primary 1 and 2 and Grade 1, 2 and 3. Last January 2, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed directed education officers to confirm that only KICD approved are used in schools.

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Kenya targets 20 million pairs of shoes as leather industry gets boost

Safari Boots was the signature footwear when Limuru-based Bata Limited, the Kenyan shoe manufacturer, was thriving in the 1970s through to the early 1990s. After the country became flooded with second-hand shoes from Europe and the United States, it set in motion the slow-death in the manufacturing of the footwear...

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Kakamega braces for an industrial park

The Kakamega County Government has set aside 48 acres of land at Matawa in Mumias West Sub-county for establishment of an industrial park. County Executive for Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism Kassim Were said the county government is looking for strategic investors to set up agro-based factories to add value to...

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Kenyan voters are still reluctant to change ‘rules of the game [that] have rigged elections against them – report

New information points to the possibility of foreign powers having had a hand in propping President Uhuru Kenyatta as fears mounted that Kenya was ceding its primacy as regional economic, military and technological staging ground for the war against terrorism and money-laundering to the new kids on the block – Ethiopia, Tanzania and Rwanda.

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Central Kenya man with over 500,000 medicinal herbs on his farm seeks help

He spends over Ksh100,000 (US$1,000) per year on laboratory tests before he is allowed to administer on humans and animals.

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Jigger epidemic hits Nyamira with over 2,000 serious cases

Jigger epidemic hits Nyamira with over 2,000 serious cases

Makomba is one among the more than 2,000 “jigger patients” in Mugirango, who cannot access quality healthcare as they cannot afford it. The plight of the octogenarian and the 2,000 jigger-ravaged residents of Nyamira brings to the fore the teething challenges

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Sorghum no longer an ‘orphaned’ crop in parts Kenya

Siaya County’s climate is among the most conducive for sorghum and millet production and its proximity to the Sh15 billion refurbished EABL plant in Kisumu means local farmers are poised to benefit more.

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