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Govt will not settle SACCO dues KCC deducted from former employees, CS Mbadi tells senators

Sacco ReviewOctober 31, 202404 mins

Former employees of Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) have sought the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to secure their KES 204 million in unpaid dues. The committee has summoned National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi who did not appear before the committee but sent a notice asserting that the Government is under no obligation…

Kilifi to employ 80 Irrigation Extension Service Officers to enhance service delivery to Farmers

Sacco ReviewOctober 25, 202405 mins

Kilifi county government will soon employ 80 Irrigation Extension Service Officers to boost food crop production in the region, Sacco review has reliably established. The Ministry of Agriculture needs huge budget to enable it to fight food insecurity in the region. The budget allocation for 2023 was Ksh 130 million which was not enough to…

East African Breweries introduces profitable sorghum farming project to Gem constituency

Sacco ReviewOctober 23, 202404 mins

Over 1000 villagers in some parts of Gem Constituency are now set to benefit from a partnership with East African Breweries (EABL) where the locals will engage in Sorghum farming. EABL has been undertaking a pilot project where farmers reaped sh 3 million from Sorghum farming out of the 75 tones harvested. An EABL field…

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

Sacco ReviewOctober 22, 202405 mins

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…

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

Sacco ReviewOctober 18, 202407 mins

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…

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

Sacco ReviewOctober 17, 202406 mins

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,…

Uasin Gishu county fish farmers urged to form cooperatives

Sacco ReviewOctober 16, 202402 mins

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…

New committee launched to tackle billions in farmers’ cooperative debts

Sacco ReviewOctober 15, 202403 mins

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…

West Kenya retirees demand justice for fleeced funds

Sacco ReviewOctober 14, 202405 mins

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…

University of Embu empowers miraa farmers with essential legal knowledge

Sacco ReviewOctober 12, 202407 mins

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…