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Solar-powered sunflower refinery to rescue Taita Taveta farmers from costly cross-border processing

Sacco ReviewOctober 6, 202508 mins

Over 3,000 sunflower farmers in Taita Taveta County will soon bid farewell to the costly and exhausting trips to Tanzania for processing their produce, following the groundbreaking of a solar-powered sunflower oil refinery in Taveta on Friday. The facility, established by the Kenya Red Cross Society through its Integrated Food Security and Livelihood project with…

Bomet County, national govt join hands to strengthen cooperative governance

Sacco ReviewOctober 6, 202504 mins

The County government of Bomet and the national government has joined hand in strengthening governance and promote accountability in Bomet County’s cooperative societies. The engagement, held on Friday at the Department of Cooperatives offices, brought together officers from the Bomet County Department of Cooperatives and the Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…

Bomet dairy farmers set for transformation as Chebunyo plant nears completion

Sacco ReviewOctober 1, 202504 mins

Bomet dairy farmers are set to reap major economic benefits as the Chebunyo Milk Processing Plant nears completion, promising to stabilize milk prices, create jobs, and strengthen food security. The project, spearheaded through the Chebunyo Dairy Cooperative Society, has been hailed as a game-changer for thousands of smallholder farmers in the region. The cooperative movement…

Kwale County distributes fish processing equipment to boost blue economy

Sacco ReviewSeptember 29, 202504 mins

The Kwale County Government has stepped up its efforts to strengthen the blue economy by distributing modern fish processing and storage equipment to small-scale fish farmers in a bid to increase marine food production and improve household incomes. The distributed equipment includes freezers, chillers, cooler boxes, energy-saving cooking jikos, frying pans, display boxes, solar-powered systems,…

Kakamega gets first indigenous crops seed bank

Sacco ReviewSeptember 28, 202501 mins

Tupande One Acre Fund in partnership with the Seed Servers Network Kenya has established the first ever indigenous and traditional crops community seed bank in Kakamega County. The initiative, dubbed the Mahiakalo Baraka Farmers Community Seed bank located in Lurambi aims to preserve indigenous crops to prevent their extinction. ALSO READ: Bomet’s Mogogosiek tea farmers…

Bomet’s Mogogosiek tea farmers reject low bonus, demand major reforms

Sacco ReviewSeptember 28, 202504 mins

Tea farmers in Mogogosiek, Bomet County, have rejected this year’s bonus payment of Ksh12 per kilogram, terming it unfair and far below their expectations. The farmers are now demanding urgent reforms in Kenya’s tea sector, including a forensic audit of factories, withdrawal of auction brokers, and a full separation of Kobel and Mogogosiek factories. Speaking…

Joy as Gitwe Tea factory announces 2024/25 bonus payments for Kiambu farmers

Sacco ReviewSeptember 26, 202503 mins

Tea growers in Kiambu County have every reason to celebrate following the announcement of the 2024/25 bonus payments by Gitwe Tea Factory. The announcement was made by the tea factory director David Muni Ichoho. According to Ichoho, the bonus allocations per kilogram of green leaf delivered will be as follows: Theta/Ndarugu Ksh 40, Kambaa Ksh…

Meru Governor launches climate resilience items distribution under FLLoCA programme

Sacco ReviewSeptember 23, 202503 mins

Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has launched the distribution of assorted climate resilience items under the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) programme, aimed at equipping vulnerable and marginalized households with tools to combat the effects of climate change. Speaking during the official launch event on Monday, Governor Mutuma said the initiative is part of his administration’s…

Turkana County moves to strengthen agriculture with draft policy

Sacco ReviewSeptember 23, 2025September 23, 202505 mins

Turkana County government has advanced efforts to boost agriculture after hosting a stakeholders’ forum in Lodwar to review and validate the draft Turkana County Agriculture Policy 2025. The two-day meeting brought together farmers, development partners, the private sector, local universities, policymakers, civil society groups, government agencies and other non-state actors. Discussions focused on refining the…

Nandi unveils reforms to protect coffee farmers from exploitation, fake seedlings

Sacco ReviewSeptember 21, 202504 mins

The Nandi county government has unveiled bold reforms in the coffee sector, aimed at protecting farmers from exploitation, restoring order in the value chain and positioning local coffee as a premium global brand. The County Executive for Agriculture and Cooperative Development, Dr. Kiplimo Arap Lagat announced nine directives touching on marketing, licensing, cooperative governance and…