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Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi has urged farmers across the country to register with the Ministry in order to benefit from the government’s subsidy on fertilizers. Speaking at Luuma Primary School in Tigania East when he helped raise funds for the construction of a multi-purpose hall, the CS said…
Stima Sacco has launched a new branch in Kisii town. Speaking during the launch, Sacco CEO Dr Gamaliel Hassan revealed that the friendly Sacco aims to grow and positively impact the lives of its clients. He added that Kisii is the third branch to be opened by his financial organization this year after Meru and…
Ekeza Sacco founder David Kariuki Ngari, commonly known as Gakuyo, has revealed that the Sacco is willing to repay members who still claim their savings from the Sacco through land. Gakuyo revealed that the Sacco’s coffers have run dry due to the current harsh economic environment and that there’s no money to repay the 2,000…
1,200 members of Karachuonyo Lolwe Rume Cooperative Society in Homa Bay County have lauded the Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) Company over its intended plans to raise the payment rates for sorghum farmers in the area. The cooperative’s chairman Elisaphan Ager said the move will go a long way in boosting the morale of sorghum farmers…
Nandi county governor Stephen Sang has expressed concern over the lack of adequate auditors in the region to increase efficiency of inspections in co-operatives. Speaking during the Ushirika day celebrations held at Kapsabet A.I.C Bible college grounds in Nandi county, the governor argued that lack of adequate auditors in the region is one of the…
John Gitonga did not know what to do after he dropped out of a teacher training college for lack of fees. His world came crushing down like a house of cards, but Ksh5,000 hit his refresh button to open his entrepreneurial mind to opportunities around him. But what can five thousand do? It can buy…
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has revealed that the government has placed innovation in agriculture as the top pillar of the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BeTA). Speaking during this year’s Kisumu regional show, Mudavadi said BeTA prioritizes on rice, edible oils, cotton, coffee, maize, tea, leather and dairy value chains with the aim of achieving…
Nyanza Regional Commissioner Flora Mworoa has lauded farmers and entrepreneurs for their superb display of innovative agribusiness ideas that seek to address the problem of climate change and enhance food security. Speaking during the Kisumu Regional Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) Show held at Mamboleo ASK Grounds, Mworoa, who represented Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo,…
The one time vibrant Moi University Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (MUSCO) is now on its deathbed. The Sacco’s MUSCO Towers, a commercial building in Eldoret town, will forever bring back painful memories to the thousands of Sacco members who are not sure whether they will ever recover their hard earned cash they pumped into…
Before I get to the core of this story, let me tell you about the amusing anecdote about a strange ‘doctor’ in the village where I grew up. I describe him so because some of the shenanigans he exhibited border on the absurd, if not criminal. You see Disco Matanga, for that was his name,…
