Farmers in eastern Kenya swap maize for sunflowers and cotton to push up earnings
Nationally, the cotton sector is being revitalised under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda and farmers in Yatta, Machakos County, have begun to benefit from improved pricing: a recent price review raised the farm-gate price to Ksh72 per kilogramme from Ksh50, signalling improved returns.
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.
Scientists: Kenya needs 80 million tonnes of livestock feed annually to address persistent deficit
Livestock breeds at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation Naivasha centre. KALRO has for years been at the forefront of undertaking research for enhanced livestock breeds as well as energy-rich fodder for better livestock production. Photo by Erastus Gichohi.
Africa outlines plans to spur local drug production to cut dependence on imports
Director of Human Capital Development at the African Union Development Agency, Symerre, emphasised that the three-day conference will ensure local manufacturing and intra-African trade in medical products become a reality.
Kenya takes fishing farming to the desert with ‘construction’ of first ‘Vertical Lake’
Each vertical lake unit is a compact tower of interconnected tanks, with water flowing from the top down through a gravity-powered biofiltration system that purifies and recycles it continuously.
Insurgency adds an extra $4.5 billion to costs as TotalEnergies to lifts suspension on Mozambique LNG project
Furthermore, instead of addressing the insurgency’s root causes and aggravating factors, the government deployed military and police contingents and hired foreign private military companies to counter the violence.
Mombasa hosts 19th regional coordination committee meeting to boost Africa’s role in blue economy
The principal secretary outlined Kenya’s ongoing investments in inland waterways, including the establishment of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Kisumu, which will enhance search and rescue operations and promote safety in Lake Victoria and other major water bodies.
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).
Dysfunction as preferred control tool of Africa: Case of Museveni dissembling Uganda and East Africa
In Uganda, the Generation Zs have heard President Tibuhaburwa Museveni pronounce that interests are superior to identity and belonging, and are now aware that the enemy number one of the identities and belonging of the indigenous groups of Uganda is President Tibuhaburwa Museveni
