Kisumu’s fisheries and aquaculture centre plans to raise fingerlings production from current 28 million annually
Construction of Phase One at a cost of Kshh1.3 billion ($10.1 million), which started in November 2024, is in progress and is currently 27 per cent complete.
Nearly 220 families resettled in Marsabit, recovered livestock given back to owners after spell of inter-ethnic hostilities
Humanitarian aid is reaching the victims with ease, he said. The county commissioner said the national government has delivered relief supplies consisting of 330 bags of rice and 285 bags of beans while the county government donated 100 bags of rice and 20 cartons of cooking oil.
As Kenyan president gloated about robust economic rally, World Bank lowered 2025 projections due to private sector squeezed
“Domestic borrowing, coupled with high lending rates, risk crowding out the private sector,” Naomi Mathenge, a senior economist at the World Bank, told a briefing on the Kenya Economic Update report, which is usually published twice a year.
Trump’s America is giving up on Africa as Washington announces planned reduction of its military command
Before 2008, US military activities in Africa were handled by commands from other regions. AFRICOM’s creation reflected rising US national security interests on the continent, including Islamist insurgencies and competition with China and Russia.
UN awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Canadian Brenda Reynolds and Kenyan Kennedy Odede
Living in Kenya’s Kibera Slum for 23 years, Kennedy Odede went from living on the street at 10 years old to global recognition when he was named one of Time magazine’s 2024 100 Most Influential People.
Too young to carry it alone: Struggles of teenage pregnancy and parenting in Nairobi’s unforgiving slums
Economic hardship compounds these realities. Only 25 per cent of young mothers have access to paid work – mostly informal jobs like laundry or hairdressing. Nearly three-quarters struggle to meet their children’s basic needs, often relying on relatives for childcare.
Ministry of health and Aga Khan University Hospital sign deal to enable kidney and cardiac patients to get treatment in Kenya
Under the agreement, AKUH will offer subsidised kidney transplants and cardiac surgeries, including coronary artery bypass grafting and valve replacements, to patients who meet medical and financial eligibility criteria.
Regional government now engages Kenya oil and gas working group on exploration in the north
KOGWG Coordinator Muturi wa Kamau highlighted the group’s role in strengthening governance structures in the oil and gas industry. Kamau noted that improving the land registration system was central to the group’s mandate, as it enhances transparency, public participation and accountability in the sector.
Lake Turkana fish: How corrupt Kenyan officials make a killing in world’s largest permanent desert lake, impoverish local communities
While data on quantities and earnings from legal fish exports is scanty, international investigators, Institute for Security Studies, estimate the 300 tonnes of fish valued at over $1.7 million from Lake Turkana is smuggled to DRC and Zambia.
Regional government in central Kenya builds coffee warehouse to enable farmers to sell their produce directly
Kirinyaga coffee farmers currently market their produce through the union’s Kirinyaga Slopes Coffee Brokerage Company, which works closely with county government to improve the entire coffee value chain from milling to marketing. The firm attained its brokerage status in 2023 after Governor Waiguru helped fast-track the issuance of its brokerage license at the Capital Markets Authority.