Union defends field officers

By Andanje Wakhungu After public outcry by the farmers over bribery claims to acquire a permit for harvesting canes, the workers union has come out to defend the supervisors over the allegations terming it as malicious. a body formed to advocate for the rights of agricultural extension, field assistants and field officers has instead blamed…

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Cartels invade west Kenya sugar mills

By Andanje Wakhungu Farmers supplying sugarcane to Butali Sugar Company have raised concern about cartels that have frustrated their operations and delivery to the factory. Cartels also continue to interfering with cane harvesting in the region, weeks after local leaders threated to stage a demonstration over delayed cutting of the mature crop. Farmers leaders claim…

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Woman who led Banana Sacco dies

By Boniface Mulu The former chairperson of the Kitui Banana Women Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited was recently buried at her Kwa Ngindu village home in Kyangwithya. The 83 years old Alice Mumbi Malonza who was a trainer on female gender issues, died at the Jordan Hospital in Kitui Town on Tuesday, April 13,…

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Baringo dairy farmers appeal for urgent reforms to boost sector

By Ken Langat Over 17000 dairy farmers from Baringo County have cast aspersions on the proposed  BBI Bill fearing that some good clauses would be thrashed if subjected to referendum. Led by Baringo Agriculture Marketing Saccos and Cooperative Societies (Bàmcos) Chairman Samwel Salbei, they stated that clauses mitigating farmers woes should be salvaged through an…

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Sacco collapses with Sh33m savings

By Malachi Motano Kumisa Savings and Credit Cooperative (Sacco) members have appealed to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Commissioner for Cooperatives to help them recover their savings The Sacco based at Kirigiti in Kiambu town, also referred to as ‘Hustlers Sacco” is a Sh10 savings society which has collapsed with millions of…

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