Munya unveils deep sea fishing boats worth Sh.60 million
The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Peter Munya has commissioned three powerful fishing vessels in Mombasa to allow local fishermen to take up deep sea fishing.
Munya said the three boats would be...
Women, youth in fisheries sector benefit from multi-million projects
Women and youth are the biggest beneficiaries of two multi-million projects launched in Kisite- Mpunguti Marine Reserve, Kwale County, on Thursday 11th 2021.
One of the projects dubbed ‘Improving Management Effectiveness of Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Conservation...
NGO wants tobacco minimum legal access age raised
The African Centre for Corrective and Preventive Action wants the Minimum Legal Access age for Tobacco and tobacco flavoured products raised to 21 years.
In a petition to the Senate and the National Assembly,...
CS Munya warns illegal milk importers
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has put on notice unscrupulous traders who are illegally importing dairy products through the porous border points of Lodwar, Kacheliba and Ororo.
Traders in Mombasa and Eastleigh engaging in the vice...
Bungoma poultry farmers benefit from Ksh 284M grant
At least 860 rural farmer groups from 20 wards in Bungoma County have benefited from 284 million shillings funding to increase agricultural production and profitability.
The grant by the World Bank in partnership with the National and Bungoma...
Agripreneurs bet on diversification, networking to weather COVID-19 shocks, study
Throughout 2020 and the myriad of challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting and working with young agribusiness entrepreneurs has been particularly pertinent.
To this end, the United States International University-Africa (USIU-A), through support...
Tobiko orders NEMA to take action against all river polluters
Environment Cabinet secretary Keriako Tobiko has directed the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to urgently begin cracking the whip on all corporates, individuals, and entities polluting water sources and wetland areas in the country.
He...
Agribusiness programme spreads wings to Machakos
Youth and women in different agriculture value chains in Machakos and the
surrounding counties are set to receive a major boost after the AgriBiz programme conducted a sensitization forum to stakeholders in the agriculture sector...
February will be a dry month, weatherman warns
The Kenya Meteorological Department says February will be generally a dry month.
The forecast indicates that most parts of the country will have sunny and dry conditions throughout the month.
In the forecast, the weatherman...
Kenya, Tanzania to conduct joint wildlife census
Kenya and Tanzania will conduct a joint cross-border count of rhinos and other large mammals in the shared Mara-Serengeti ecosystem.
The census is one of the resolutions reached by a joint meeting of tourism players...
