Bringing village into town: Kenya’s First Lady capitalises on craving for rustic life to promote ‘kitchen garden’ in urban areas
Principal Secretary for State Department for Agriculture, Kipronoh Ronoh, speaking during the national ‘Mama Kitchen Garden Initiative meeting in Nairobi, said by empowering women to establish small-scale kitchen gardens, we ensure that families have access to fresh, nutritious food and create income-generating opportunities.
As Kenya worries about healthcare funding, Nakuru government says it has anti-retroviral, TB stocks for one year
There were serious concerns over a potential shortage of critical medicine, leading some patients to skip doses or share medication with others out of fear of running out
Fish farmers in Vihiga County trained as pisciculture becomes a key economic activity western Kenya
With aquaculture becoming a powerful tool to eradicate poverty in the country, Kamenju urged the farmers to apply the skills they get from the training and take fish farming as a serious business to generate income.
Mushroom: ‘Meat’ that grows in sacks becomes key plank in conservation of Uplands Forest, west of Nairobi
Mushroom farming requires precision. A sachet of spores – costing between Ksh20,000 and Ksh25,000 – can inoculate 700-800 sacks filled with hay. After 22 days in a controlled environment, where conditions are shielded from wind, direct sunlight, and strong odours that could affect growth, the mushrooms begin to sprout.
Kenya’s environment agency embarks on recovery of polluted Owino-Uhuru estate in coastal tourist resort town
However, the meeting ended abruptly when Khamisi Diyo, a pollution victim and key witness in the case, accompanied by Phyllis Omido, an environmental activist and founder of CJGEA, stormed into the meeting.
Biosafety Authority rolls out plan to restore Kenyan capital’s greenery and lustre in nationwide campaign
Ngetich emphasised the crucial role played by the authority in ensuring the safe use of modern biotechnology in Kenya and regulating genetically modified organisms to protect human health, animal health and the environment.
Governor concerned about high pregnancy rate among teenaged girls ‘eating too much forbidden fruit’ in Homa Bay County
Governor Wanga noted that the latest Kenya Health and Demographic Survey (KHDS) shows that the prevalence of teen pregnancies in Homa Bay stands at 33 per cent.
Africa’s 60 per cent fallow agricultural land lures foreign investors, but their dreams end up in smoke
In 2021, the Senegalese village of Niéti Yone welcomed investors Frank Timis and Gora Seck from a US-registered company, African Agriculture. Over cups of sweet green tea, the visitors promised to employ hundreds of locals and, one day, thousands. Timis, originally from Romania, was the majority stakeholder.
Largest tax-dodging scheme by Big Pharma: How Pfizer sold $20 billion of drugs to Americans without paying tax in 2019
A recent review by The Lever also found that Big Pharma routinely engages in tax avoidance. In 2022, major US pharmaceutical companies reported over $214 billion in revenue but only $10 billion in profits in the US. Those same companies reported over $171 billion in revenue outside of the US and over $90 billion in profits – but US consumers pay the highest pharmaceutical costs.
191 TB cases traced to Migori goldmines ministry health says are dispersal points of the disease
Victor Otieno, a representative from the Miner’s Association in Migori, lamented that lack of protective mining gear was the major reason for the rising cases of TB and other lung condition diseases in the mining sector.
