Agricultural experts in vouch for improved seed varieties to raise millet yields in western Kenya
Millet farmers led by Marygoret Omodia expressed joy how their yields have improved after using the improved variety and using the correct ways of planting.
Becoming a Maasai warrior: How modernity is reshaping cultural resilience training for world-famous Kenyan, Tanzanian nomadic tribe
Traditionally, transitioning from child to warrior as a Maasai involved taking part in a one-year warrior camp. Maasai youths would be secluded and learn survival skills, bushcraft – and, if the opportunity arises, how to kill a lion. All that has changed. Although “Enkipaata” – the official rite of passage that includes warrior training – s has been declared a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, it has been modernised.
Nairobi-based ILRI joins world programme to reduce methane emissions from livestock
Director of the Future of Food at the Bezos Earth Fund, Dr Andy Jarvis, said that reducing methane from cattle is one of the most elegant solutions we have to slow climate change.
Kenya invests $10 million in aquaculture centre in Kisumu to rejig region’s floundering blue economy
Once completed, the aquaculture centre, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said, is expected to significantly support thousands of small-scale fish farmers, complementing other government-driven blue economy initiatives aimed at enhancing food security and boosting income for fishing communities around the lake.
Kenya and Uganda strike deal to share Angololo water to generate power, irrigate 4,000 hectares of land
The project is expected to transform lives and communities through food security and livelihoods, access to clean water and sanitation, energy for development, environmental conservation, job creation and regional integration. The project was identified in 2010 and is aligned with Kenya’s Vision 2030 and Uganda’s Vision 2040.
‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan
The Shirika Plan has been lauded as a major step forward in securing durable solutions for Kenya’s 800,000 refugees, the majority of whom are from neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.
Doomsday beckons: Fears religious cultism making strong rebound in Kenya as extreme poverty pushes people into the abyss
The Shakahola Forest incident involved a religious cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, founder of Good News International Ministries, an apocalyptic Christian group. It came to light in March 2023 after a man raised the alarm after his wife and daughter, who had travelled from the capital Nairobi to join Paul Nthenge Mackenzie’s remote Good News International Ministries in Kilifi County vanished.
Kenya and Uganda to streamline land use along border in the north to curb resource-based conflicts
Governor Lomorukai described the process as crucial and emphasised that it will aid in resource mapping, enhance cross-border trade and establish systems to prevent conflicts linked to livestock and human movement across the border.
Kenya’s trade minister warns unbridled utterances on conflict in Sudan will further hurt tea, fruit exports
Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui expressed concern over recent public utterances by political figures on regional conflicts, stressing the importance of maintaining Kenya’s non-partisan foreign policy in the region.
Kenya, Ethiopia sign free-trade deal to hasten implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area
Ethiopian Minister of Trade and Regional Integration Kassahun Gofe underscored the importance of concluding negotiations to kick start the implementation of the simplified trade regime to accelerate trade between the border communities of the two countries.
