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The High Court in Nairobi has dismissed an application by small-scale tea farmers challenging alleged discriminatory tea bonus payments for the 2024/2025 financial year, ruling that the matter had been overtaken by events. In a ruling delivered at the Milimani Law Courts on January 27, Justice Roselyne Aburili found that the bonuses in dispute had…
Mwea rice farmers in the Mutithi section have welcomed the construction of a major irrigation canal in which is is set to expand rice cultivation by 10,000 acres, a move expected to significantly reduce Kenya’s national rice deficit. The Ksh1 billion project which is being implemented by the National Irrigation Authority (NIA), is scheduled for…
Traders and Livestock farmers operating at the Soko Ng’ombe market in Garissa County have decried in what they term as the market neglect by government, leaving it with no clean toilets nor clean supply of water as well as adequate stalls for fodder traders. They are calling on the government to improve market social amenities…
Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has declared war on miraa cartels and speeding drivers after assenting to the Meru County Miraa Promotion Act, 2025 that enables the devolved unit to enforce miraa regulations. According to Governor Mutuma, the law will smoke out shadowy miraa exporters and cartels believed to be strangling farmers’ earnings. Under the new…
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has given maize traders and farmers hoarding grain a 30-day deadline to release stocks to the market, warning that the government will allow duty-free maize imports if supplies remain tight. Speaking in Sagana on Monday, Kagwe said the government’s first priority is to buy maize from local farmers to replenish…
The proposed Lower Turkwel Irrigation Project is increasingly being viewed as a transformative development initiative capable of reshaping agriculture, education and security in the Turkwel region, while also serving as a unifying platform for all communities living around Turkwel, including the Pokot, Turkana and other neighbouring groups. This position emerged following a high-level consultative meeting…
Tomato farmers in Central Kenya are incurring heavy losses after a surge in production flooded local markets, driving prices to record lows across Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Murang’a and Laikipia counties. At Kagio Market in Kirinyaga, one of the region’s main fresh produce hubs, a 60-kilogramme crate of Grade One tomatoes is currently selling for about Ksh1,000,…
The government has announced wide-ranging tax and regulatory reforms aimed at strengthening Kenya’s export-led growth strategy, with a particular focus on agricultural exporters. The measures are contained in the Finance Bill 2026, which is set to be tabled in Parliament in March. Speaking at the launch of Flamingo Group Investments’ Ksh2 billion expansion project in…
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary and Senator Mutahi Kagwe has opposed proposals before the Kenyan Parliament and the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) seeking to merge the regulation of human and veterinary medicines, warning that the move could undermine public health, food safety and livestock production. Speaking during a visit to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), Kagwe…
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has announced the launch of a competitive, merit-based recruitment process to appoint a new Group Chief Executive Officer. According to the Agency, so far the process has attracted 50 applicants, of whom five are internal candidates drawn from KTDA’s senior leadership, including serving Managing Directors and General Managers. The…
