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KeNHA launches crackdown on unsafe sugarcane transport amid spike in road crashes
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 24, 2025

KeNHA noted that transporters have increasingly been stacking sugarcane beyond permissible height limits, with nighttime movement further raising the...

Tea board to probe workers paid without farms in crackdown on fraudulent earnings
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 23, 2025

Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh said the audit will specifically target employees whose earnings appear disproportionate to their farm size...

CS Kagwe orders integrated pest management to save macadamia nuts
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 22, 2025

Speaking during a high-level meeting with industry stakeholders, including Macadamia Association of Kenya Chairperson Jane Maigua, Kagwe was told that...

Ruto hails agricultural reforms, cites registration of seven million farmers in digital drive
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 20, 2025

Ruto said that over 7.1 million farmers are now registered on the Kenya Integrated Agricultural Management Information System(KIAMIS), up from fewer t...

Farmers accuse KTDA of favouring Eastern regions in bonuses
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 20, 2025

Farmers explained that most KTDA board members come from the eastern tea-growing regions, and they believe this has a direct impact on decision-making...

National Assembly probes tea bonus disparities after farmer complaints
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 19, 2025

On Tuesday, two separate teams visited factories in both the western and eastern Rift to gather first-hand data and compare practices, focusing on fac...

Hope rises in Thika’s Kiandutu slum as long-neglected community sees historic transformation
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 18, 2025

From its beginnings in the 1960s as a makeshift settlement for migrant laborers, Kiandutu is now transforming into a thriving community with land titl...

Smartphones, women’s rights and coupons: new trends that can boost insurance for African farmers
The Conversation  |  Nov 14, 2025

In Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, this is already happening. Pastoralists there can now access index-based livestock insurance through the DRI...

National Assembly to probe tea sector over low bonuses and uneven pricing
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 09, 2025

Central to the inquiry is how tea prices are determined and why farmers in some areas receive higher bonuses than others.

Government pledges to clear sugar workers’ dues in full despite fiscal pressures
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 04, 2025

The move comes as part of ongoing efforts to revive the sugar industry and safeguard the livelihoods of thousands of workers and farmers across the su...

Government orders all sugar re-packagers to register by November 17 to curb substandard products
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 04, 2025

The Kenya Sugar Board said the registration will help enhance traceability, tighten quality control and curb the sale of adulterated sugar in the mark...

Sugarcane shortage slashes Kenya’s sugar production by 25 per cent
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 03, 2025

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), factories produced 406,807 tonnes of sugar during the period, compared to 541,681 tonnes...

Relief for tea farmers as subsidised fertiliser arrives at Mombasa Port after months of delay
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 02, 2025

The KTDA boss noted that the ongoing short rains had slightly slowed down offloading operations, but the association is collaborating closely with the...

Desperate need for water and food continues as Gaza families head north
UN News  |  Oct 28, 2025

Aid continues to enter Gaza, with more than 300 truckloads of supplies collected from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing between Friday...

KTDA suspends staff travel, training in cost-cutting drive amid outcry over farmers' bonus cuts
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 27, 2025

KTDA management said the move aligns with the group’s ongoing priorities on governance, compliance and cost management.

Workers at four sugar mills move to court, challenge sacking
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 14, 2025

The employees, from South Nyanza (Sony), Chemelil, Muhoroni, and Nzoia sugar companies, say discussions over their terminal benefits and other entitle...

Agriculture Ministry blames external factors for drop in 2024/25 KTDA tea payments
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 09, 2025

Farmers have voiced strong concerns about price disparities between the East and West Tea Blocks, questionable expenditures, excessive sitting allowan...

MPs demand probe into KTDA over corruption, mismanagement and unfair tea bonuses
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 08, 2025

The legislators said more than 700,000 farmers have been short-changed despite their hard work in producing world-class tea.

Solar-powered sunflower oil refinery brings new hope to Taita Taveta farmers
Farhiya Hussein  |  Oct 06, 2025

Across villages in Taveta and beyond, sunflower growers who once struggled to find reliable markets or suffered heavy post-harvest losses now see a br...

Kenya’s tea industry faces Sh6.5 billion losses as Sudan ban persists
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 05, 2025

The embargo, which has persisted since March, has left tea farmers, traders and exporters grappling with unfulfilled contracts and threatened liveliho...

COTU rejects role in committee supervising sugar factory layoffs
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 04, 2025

In a letter dated October 3, 2025, addressed to Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, Cotu Secretary-General Francis Atwoli said the union would not...

Government defends four per cent sugar levy amid pushback from millers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 02, 2025

This is despite pushback from millers who argue that the levy will increase their financial burden.

KTDA explains drop in tea bonus, blames global market and currency changes
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 30, 2025

In the East of the Rift, Kiambu fetched Sh371 per kilo, down by 46 shillings; Murang’a earned Sh376, a drop of 42; Nyeri earned Sh388, down by 42; Kir...

High Court suspends Sh15 billion rice tender over cancelled bids
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 25, 2025

The High Court in Mombasa ruled that AFA must not award the 250,000-tonne rice quota to any private party outside the lawful tender process.

More than 140 environmental defenders killed in 2024
DW News  |  Sep 17, 2025

Those carrying out the attacks were mostly criminal groups, although incidents involving state security forces were also recorded.

Kenya poised for record maize harvest of 70 million bags in 2025- Kagwe
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 12, 2025

Speaking during the opening of the 2025 A.S.K. Central Kenya National Show at Kabiruini Showgrounds in Nyeri, Kagwe attributed the bumper harvest to t...

Hope for farmers as Taita Taveta embarks on coffee revival plan
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

Many of the county’s more than 5,200 coffee growers abandoned their plantations between 2017 and 2018 after years of poor earnings, pest attacks, and...

Africa risks becoming global hunger epicentre by 2030 if reforms are not put in place, report warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

The report emphasises that Africa has the tools to transform its food systems, from climate-smart farming and digital finance to stronger governance a...

Maize, rice and wheat imports drop following bumper harvest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

Government pricing through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) was lowered to Sh3,500 per bag, down from Sh4,000 the year before.

Kenya scraps taxes on packaging materials to boost tea exports
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 06, 2025

The CS added that the policy will not only improve the market appeal of Kenyan tea but also channel greater profits back to producers and the business...

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