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Kajiado women to receive interest-free loans if law is passed

Women and institutions in Kajiado county will receive interest free loans from the county government if the Kajiado County Women Economic Empowerment Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023 becomes law. The bill will establish a Women Economic Empowerment Fund. Kajiado County Assembly Committee on Gender, Culture, Cooperatives, Tourism and Wildlife Chairperson Naisiae Karia said the Act seeks to…

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Afya Sacco set to launch improved ICT systems, enhance service delivery

Afya Sacco has pledged to launch improved ICT systems to enhance service delivery to its members by the end of the year. Speaking during the Sacco’s Member Education Week in Western region, National Chairperson M/s Beatrice Mogire revealed that the Board of Directors has procured the services of an international top-notch vendor to oversee the…

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OneLife Rally hailed for boosting, marketing country’s tourism sector

Taita Taveta County Deputy Governor Christine Kilalo has hailed Onelife Rally Africa Limited for boosting the tourism sector in the county and country. This is after the county hosted OneLife’s convoy of luxurious supercars at Moi Stadium in Voi town, which stopped over while on its cruise across the country’s most iconic national parks –…

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Gov’t asked to fast-track completion of Koru-Soin dam project

The Parliamentary Committee for Blue Economy Water and Sanitation has urged the government to avail funds to jumpstart the stalled Ksh19 billion Koru-Soin dam project straddled across Kisumu and Kericho counties. Speaking during a tour of the project, the Committee Vice Chairperson and Kuria East Member of Parliament (MP) Marwa Kitayama called for jumpstarting of…

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Parliament committee grills KRA officials over release of condemned sugar

The National Assembly Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has summoned two Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials to shed more light on the surroundings that led to the release of 20,000 tonnes of condemned sugar to the market. Led by Chairperson James Gakuya (Embakasi North MP), the members questioned suspended Mombasa KRA Customs Warehouse Manager…

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County launches initiative to integrate conservation agriculture among farmers

Taita Taveta County has launched the Mkulima Mashinani initiative targeting farmers at the grassroots level and aimed at integrating conservation agriculture into existing farming practices. While addressing farmers in the suburbs of Mwatate, Voi and Taveta, CECM for Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation and Blue Economy Erickson Kyongo noted that the county is keen to leverage existing…

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Electricity producers risk hefty fines over flouting new rules

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has reiterated that any individual seeking to sell electricity must be registered with the organization. David Kariuki, EPRA Deputy Director, Energy Planning said that those who will not adhere to the directive shall risk paying hefty fines. Kariuki was speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting in Kisumu where he…

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Taita Taveta county gov’t trains youth on leather value addition

The County Government of Taita Taveta has partnered with the Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association (TTWCA) to train 20 youth, drawn from Mwatate sub-county, on hides and skin tanning to empower them to produce a variety of leather products and promote leather value addition in the region. According to the Department of Livestock Production led…

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