Mung Beans

Wetangula appoints members to committee on mung beans and equalization, appropriation bill

Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Moses Wetangula has appointed members of the National Assembly to mediation committees The Mung Beans Bill and The Equalization Fund Appropriation. The Mung Beans Bill (Senate Bill No. 13 of 2022) seeks to provide a framework for the regulation and promotion of the mung bean industry in Kenya. While…

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Kakamega Governor Fernandez Barasa

World food day:  Prioritizing food production for a hunger-free future

As celebrations for the was being witnessed in many parts of the World, Kakamega County has announced its plants to prioritize food production as one of its key pillars in ensuring that communities and families have enough food. The celebrations which are held in 150 countries across the globe for the last 80 years, saw…

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A demonstration farm at Munanda kwa Mungania in Buuri constituency, Meru county.

Farmers in Isiolo, Meru, and Laikipia learn innovative sustainable agricultural practices

Farmers, students and pupils from Arid and semi-arid areas of Isiolo, Meru and Laikipia counties received digital literacy and modern agriculture skills to fight food insecurity. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in collaboration with other partners brought experts in Agriculture and Dairy farming who sensitized them on effective methods of pests and diseases control in crops,…

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Uasin Gishu Governor Dr. Jonathan Bii,

Uasin Gishu county fish farmers urged to form cooperatives

Uasin Gishu fish farmers have been urged to form Cooperative Societies to increase their fish profit and productivity. Speaking during the distribution of feed to the fish farmers in the region, Uasin Gishu Livestock and Fisheries Chief Officer Nixon Cheplong said the farmers are not doing well since they have not formed cooperatives. The chief…

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CS Cooperatives and MSMEs Wycliffe Oparanya with his PS Patrick Kilemi at SACCA Congress 2024

New committee launched to tackle billions in farmers’ cooperative debts

The National Government has kicked off process of offset debts in the farmers cooperatives society by setting up a committee to audit debts worth billions of shillings owed to farmers by cooperatives societies. The committee which is chaired by cooperatives commissioner is set to look into the issue of debts which has been arising in…

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West Kenya retirees demand justice for fleeced funds

Retirees of the giant West Kenya sugar company limited are now calling for the ethics and anticorruption commission (EACC) to investigate the fleecing of the Ksh.88Million by the sacco. The retirees allege that their efforts to have the sacco, which serves the miller employees, pay their retirement dues has failed in several occasions, prompting them…

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A leading Miraa expert and nursery owner displays some of the varieties during a forum for farmers in Embu

University of Embu empowers miraa farmers with essential legal knowledge

The school of law at the University of Embu has launched major campaigns to equip local Miraa farmers on the legal intricacies involving the farming of the crop classified a pillar to the County’s economy. Under a chain of various legal aid clinics, resource persons drawn from the institutions now vibrant school of law, farmers…

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Kitui County Executive Committee Member incharge of Agriculture Stephen Mbaya Kimwele (second left) presenting cheques to the farmers saccos members during the function. Photographs by Boniface Mulu.

Farmers in Kitui Receive Grants for Agriculture Projects

The Kitui County government through the County Agriculture and Livestock Development Ministry is providing the inclusion grants to the farmers’ savings and credit cooperative societies across Kitui County. The grants are by the National Agricultural and Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP). The county government rolled out the programme in the county recently where the ceremony…

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Farmers buy subsidised fertiliser at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Elburgon, Nakuru County on August 24, 2023.

Cost of Fertilizer Remains a Thorny Issue to Farmers, Study Reveals

The cost of fertilizer remains the biggest challenge to most farmers across the country despite the government’s efforts to introduce subsidized packages, a thing which continues to hinder food production according to a recent study. As per the latest Agriculture Survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) whose main objective was to obtain indicative…

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The Mediation Committee on the Sugar Bill

Mediation Committee Meets to Consider Contentious Clauses of Sugar Bill

The Mediation Committee on the Sugar Bill (N.A. Bill No. 34 of 2022) has started considering clauses of the Bill that are under mediation. The committee which is chaired by  Emmanuel Wangwe (MP Navakholo) first considered sub clause 38 (6), which, if amended, will see the Members agree on the institution that will be in…

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