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Farmers around ATC Kwakathoka area, Makueni County have been encouraged to take advantage of a new institution launched recently and plant more food to cater for the incoming students. Speaking during the official opening of Kwakathoka Training Vocational College (TVC), which will focus on pure agriculture programmes, the CECM for Agriculture Joyce Mutua also asked…
A team of top CEOs of Savings and Credit Co-operative Associations (SACCAs) drawn from across USA, Europe and Canada, who are in the country for the Inaugural ACCOSCA International CEOs’ Summit which ends on November 11, have called on Kenyan Saccos to strive to meet the needs of their members as a pivotal strategy towards…
Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii has said that his administration will continue providing financial support to cooperatives in the region. He said that cooperatives are one of the sectors with great potential to employ a large number of jobless youth. While speaking during a forum that brought together women in Cooperatives and MSMEs in Eldoret,…
The Cooperative University of Kenya (CUK) has announced a virtual postgraduate symposium organized by the School of Computing and Mathematics that will be held on Friday, November 10. The inaugural postgraduate symposium targets all postgraduate students at the university, those from other universities and any other interested participants. The varsity Director of Academic Quality Assurance…
Livestock farmers in Taita Taveta have received 250 tonnes of animal feed as part of an emergency drought response intervention after they experienced a prolonged dry spell that saw over 40,000 livestock die of hunger across the county. Presiding over the event held at the National Cereals Produce Board (NCPB) in Voi, Governor Andrew Mwadime…
Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo has revealed that the government is seeking to revive the cotton industry in Nyanza region. Speaking at the Nomiya Church in Manyatta, Kisumu town, Owalo said the region used to be a major cotton producer for both the export and domestic…
5,000 Machakos County Government employees are set to benefit from a comprehensive medical insurance cover from Jubilee Insurance Ltd following the inking of a deal between the county government and the insurance firm. The deal, which is nearing conclusion, will ensure all employees across different job groups benefit from the coverage which is fully paid…
Professional women from Nyanza region have vowed to empower and build the capacities of their colleagues in the region. Under the aegis of the Professional Association of Nyanza (PANY) Women, the group said that it will tap into its vast skills, experiences and extensive networks to effect the same. In a communique released in Kisumu…
The management of Kiamokama Tea Factory in Kisii County has embarked on an ambitious programme to recover millions of kilogrammes of green tea leaves which they have been losing through invasion and poaching by a number of neighbouring companies targeting their farmers. According to the factory’s Board Chairman Richard Obino, the encroachment by their competitors…
Farmers have welcomed the gradual increase in coffee deliveries to the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) amid the standoff between the government and coffee cartels. The increased deliveries come at a time when coffee management regulations reforms have caused a near stagnation of the auction and exports. The slow movement is partly blamed on the demand…
