Multinational tea companies asked to increase education scholarship funding

By Benedict Ng’etich The Kenya Plantations and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) has urged the tea Multinationals in Kericho to increase the amount of funds allocated for scholarships. Secretary for Kericho Branch Dickson Sang lauded the efforts by James Finlay to offer scholarship to employees’ children, but implored them to increase allocations to cover many families….

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Small scale coffee farmers outsmart brokers to clinch lucrative export market

By Benedict Ng’etich                                                                    A total of 9,582 small holder coffee farmers under Kipkelion District Co-operative Union Ltd (KDCU) have received cheques worth Shs. 105.1 million for the sale of 134.4 metric tonnes of coffee exported to South Korea a month ago. Out of the direct sales, the farmers drawn from Kericho, Nandi, and Bomet counties…

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Gov’t defends veterinary review as farmers anticipate increased prices of feeds

By Roy Hezron The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives have defended the recent move of reviewing veterinary certification fees and payments in regard to import and export of livestock products and animal feed ingredients which are charged by the Directorate of Veterinary Services. The review saw the charges for imported livestock products increased…

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