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President Ruto with the NYOTA youth beneficiaries in a past event/Photo Courtesy

Kisumu youth trained on job experience component of NYOTA programme

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The Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project Phase Two (KISIP 2), County Project Coordinating team rolled out youth training under the On-the-Job Experience component of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Program in Kisumu County. NYOTA beneficiaries drawn from Muhoroni settlements, Bandani, Manyatta A, Manyatta B, Nyawita/Migosi, and Kibuye informal settlements,gained workplace exposure, hands-on technical…

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LBDA officials during the launch of dredging of canals and construction of dykes in Nyando/Photo Courtesy

LBDA invests Ksh3Billion to revamp rice farming in Nyando

Sacco Review05 mins

The Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) in collaboration with other key stakeholders, has invested Ksh3 billion to revamp rice farming in Nyando,Kisumu County. The investment targets the revival of idle land at the South West Kano Irrigation Scheme in Nyando and Kadibo Sub-County, where at least seven hectares are set to be brought back into…

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Tea farmers plucking tea leaves/Photo file

High Court dismisses tea farmers’ case over bonus

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The High Court in Nairobi has dismissed an application by small-scale tea farmers challenging alleged discriminatory tea bonus payments for the 2024/2025 financial year, ruling that the matter had been overtaken by events. In a ruling delivered at the Milimani Law Courts on January 27,  Justice Roselyne  Aburili  found that the bonuses in dispute had…

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KUSCCO Centre. Photo/File

High Court halts auction of KUSCCO assets over Ksh108.8 million debt

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The High Court has temporarily stopped the auction of assets belonging to the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (KUSCCO) after the umbrella body challenged enforcement of a Ksh108.8 million debt owed to RUPSA Sacco. Justice Linus Kassan granted a 30-day stay, halting the sale of KUSCCO’s motor vehicles and office equipment to allow…

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Ports Sacco members during the rebranding ceremony. Photo/Courtesy

Ports SACCO reports higher profit as assets grow in 2025

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Ports SACCO recorded a higher profit for the year ended December 31, 2025, posting Ksh455.3 million, up from Ksh444.2 million in 2024, according to audited financial statements. The SACCO’s total assets rose to Ksh12.3 billion from Ksh10.5 billion, while loans and advances increased to Ksh8 billion from Ksh7 billion. Members’ deposits also grew to Ksh7.1…

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One of the fully built canal in Mwea irrigation scheme/Photo Courtesy

Mwea rice farmers welcome construction of Mutithi irrigation canal set to boost production

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Mwea rice farmers in the Mutithi section have welcomed the construction of a major irrigation canal in  which is is set to expand rice cultivation by 10,000 acres, a move expected to significantly reduce Kenya’s national rice deficit. The Ksh1 billion project which is being implemented by the National Irrigation Authority (NIA), is scheduled for…

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Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and MSMEs Wycliffe A. Oparanya, EGH, presides over the official opening of the Annual Delegates Congress (ADC) Cohort One in Mombasa. Photo/Courtesy

Oparanya: No room for weak governance as SACCO sector expands

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Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSMEs Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya has warned that there is “no room for weak governance” in Kenya’s SACCO sector as rapid membership growth and rising loan demand increase the responsibility placed on cooperative institutions. Oparanya spoke in Mombasa during the 2026 Annual Delegates Congress (ADC) training for the Kenya National Police…

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Livestocks in the Soko Ng’ombe market in Garissa County/Photo Courtesy

Garissa livestock farmers, traders decry market neglect, call for improved amenities

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Traders and Livestock farmers operating at the Soko Ng’ombe market in Garissa County have decried in what they term as the market neglect by government, leaving it with no clean toilets nor clean supply of water as well as adequate stalls for fodder traders. They are calling on the government to improve market social amenities…

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President Ruto (centre) in a jig with NYOTA fund beneficiaries at Gusii Stadium on Thursday. Photo Enock Okong'o

Ruto urges Nyanza youth to engage in any profitable business as 3,500 benefit from NYOTA funds

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President William Ruto has asked youth to use the knowledge they acquired at any level of their education to engage in any profitable business that can enable them put food on the table for themselves and their families. “Even for those who did not complete primary school education it is not their mistake but we…

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Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma in a past committee meeting/Photo courtesy

Meru Governor assents to Miraa Promotion Act, declares war on miraa cartels, speeding vehicles

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Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has declared war on miraa cartels and speeding drivers after assenting to the Meru County Miraa Promotion Act, 2025 that enables the devolved unit to enforce miraa regulations. According to Governor Mutuma, the law will smoke out shadowy miraa exporters and cartels believed to be strangling farmers’ earnings. Under the new…

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