Kenya rolls out $3.6 billion National Feed Strategy to cut animal feed cost and increase milk, meat and egg production
To reduce dependence on imports, the strategy promotes increased local production of key feed ingredients through contract farming while encouraging manufacturers to utilise East African Community (EAC) duty remission incentives to lower the cost of imported raw materials.
CPC anniversary speech: Senior legislators studying Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building
Senior Chinese legislators held a meeting on Monday this week to study a speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a gathering marking the CPC’s 105th founding anniversary. The meeting, convened by the leading party members group of the National...
How US and Iran dump memorandum of understanding still alive they signed, resume drone and missile attacks
Fresh US airstrikes and Iranian retaliation have plunged Washington and Tehran back into open conflict less than a month after they signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end the war and paving the way for broader negotiations. Both sides now accuse the other of violating the agreement first....
Iran responds to strikes with missile and drone attacks on US military bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait
Iran tightened restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, barring vessels linked to Israel and the United States following their joint strikes on Iranian territory.
Like Haiti: Kenya hurtling towards gangland violence orchestrated by state and police, faith organisations warn
The NCCK called on President William Ruto to take immediate administrative action against any government officials found to be sponsoring or mobilising violent groups. It argued that addressing the issue early would help safeguard national peace and stability.
Horn of Africa Groundwater for Resilience: Hydrological survey on proposed boreholes in northwestern Kenya concludes
Horn of Africa Groundwater for Resilience Project (HoAGW4RP) has successfully completed a countywide geophysical and hydrogeological survey for 27 proposed borehole sites under Batch II across seven sub counties in Turkana. Turkana South has eight proposed sites, Turkana West six, Loima five, Turkana East four, Turkana Central two while Turkana...
News vendor shares how shifting political interests and social media explosion have hit newspaper circulation in Kenya
The rise of smartphones, widespread internet access and the growing preference for digital news has steadily reduced demand for printed newspapers. Besides Covid-19 pandemic six years ago further disrupted businesses across the country and accelerated the shift to online information.
By-election: Tourism cabinet secretary tells contestants and voters in Ol Kalou constituency to tone down inflammatory rhetoric
Ms Rebecca Miano encouraged residents to reject divisive politics and instead focus on electing leaders capable of working closely with the national government to accelerate development projects in the constituency.
‘Better late than not at all’: Germany ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy people as they ‘have developed hybrid immunity’
German toxicologist Helmut Sterz, previously a researcher for major pharmaceutical companies, called the new guidance a “political charade” by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s equivalent of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the parent organization of STIKO.
Denmark’s ‘pig election’: Lessons in how the rest of the world can change factory farm politics
All of the above heightened Danish media coverage of animal welfare issues by January. In just 72 hours, a citizens’ initiative collected the 50,000 signatures necessary to trigger a parliamentary debate on animal welfare.
