Pope Francis appoints Rev Monsignor Mark Kadima bishop of Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in Kenya
Pope Francis has appointed Rev Monsignor Mark Kadima bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in western Kenya. News of Monsignor Kadima’s appointment was officially published in L’Osservatore Romano in Rome on Tuesday December 14, 2021 at 12 noon Rome time (2pm in Kenya or 11 GMT). The Apostolic Nuncio...
Farmers in western Kenya ditch sugarcane for coffee farming
“We have installed two coffee milling plant at Musese and Chesikaki to improve coffee farming and processing,” Ndirangu explains.
Long orphaned, sorghum farming finds a new home in economy
Mrs Ndirangu says, there are plans to invite flour milling companies to set up shop in the county to enhance the status of sorghum to a cash crop.
Kenya’s cotton industry on the rebound
At present, Kenya produces 25,000 bales of cotton against a demand of 200,000 bales annually. The 1,750,000 bales deficit is met with imports from Tanzania, Uganda, and India.
