Cabinet approves an additional Ksh4B for coffee farmers

The Cabinet has approved the release of an additional Ksh4 billion for coffee farmers. It had earlier on released Ksh3 billion . This implies that farmers will now earn Ksh80 for a kilogramme of cherry from the current Ksh20 as an advance payment. To re-energise the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, the government will also search for better markets for…

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Kajiado

Kajiado women to receive interest free loan if Bill becomes law

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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Gusii Coffee Farmers Cooperative Unions to directly auction produce at NCE

Gusii Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (GCFCU) has joined the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE)  to auction its coffee directly to buyers, ending decades of dependence on brokers. The  Union’s CEO Dr Robert Mainya urged coffee farmers and the public to visit the union on Tuesdays and watch how coffee is being sold at the auction. He…

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SACCO

Coop director urges residents to form Saccos, exploit Industrial Park benefits

Garissa County Cooperative Director Samuel Karanja has urged residents to start forming groups like chamas or Saccos to exploit the services brought about by the launch of Garissa Industrial and Aggregation Park. He noted that the park will bring together more businesses that will provide services complementing one another and attract new investment areas and…

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Siaya residents protest eviction from ancestral lands over mining

A section of Gem residents have vowed to stop a mining company from forcefully evicting them from their ancestral land  in order to pave way for the extraction of gold. Through a Community Based Citizen Forum,  the residents accused the ministry of mining  and local leaders of  coercing them into leaving their ancestral land without…

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KenGen gets Cabinet approval for Hydropower Redevelopment Project

Kenya Electricity Generating Company  (KenGen) has received Cabinet approval to embark on the Gogo Hydropower Redevelopment Project, bringing relief to the people of Western Kenya. The decision was made during a Cabinet meeting chaired by President William Ruto at State Lodge Kisumu. The Project, situated along the banks of River Kuja in Migori County, is…

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Siaya County to collect farmers’ information to enhance productivity, food security

Bondo  Sub-county administrator Mr. Vincent Kanyangonda has revealed that Siaya County government is set to begin data collection for farmers in the region with a view to supporting productivity and enhancing food security. Kanyangonda revealed the idea would help the county government plan and budget for farm inputs necessary for boosting production. He disclosed that…

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Legislator vows to stop grabbing of farmers’ societies land

Matungulu MP Stephen Mule has vowed to address the rampant cases of farmers societies’ land being grabbed. He lamented that illegal land transactions were rampant in the region and asked private developers to vacate land they had illegally taken over. Mule also warned the public not to be duped into buying public land which had been grabbed….

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