food resilience Stories

From hobby to lifeline: How gardening is becoming a path to food security and resilience
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jul 27, 2025

Across cities like Nairobi and New York, more individuals and families are returning to the soil, not for leisure, but for agency over their food, hea...

25,000 recruited for Kenya’s Climate Worx urban revival drive
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 26, 2025

The Climate Worx Program delivers outcomes across environmental, economic, and social fronts. Environmentally, it supports the revival of damaged ecos...

State launches direct relief for drought-stricken families amid food scarcity
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 20, 2025

The CS said the department is working closely with multidisciplinary agencies in government, the private sector and humanitarian organisations to deve...

Tide of change: Coastal women demand bigger role in blue economy
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 19, 2025

Mercy Mghanga criticised the limited decision-making space granted to women in beach management units (BMUs), saying they often hold positions in name...

Feeding hope: Kenya launches Sh648.2 billion initiative to tackle hunger
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 24, 2025

Forecasters warn of potentially depressed rainfall in upcoming months, particularly in northern counties, further exacerbating food insecurity and com...

Drought resilience programme set to boost food production in Marsabit, Turkana unveiled
Issa Hussein  |  Nov 02, 2024

The Sh970 million project, supported by the German government, aims to benefit approximately 255,000 people, rehabilitate 5,000 acres of rangeland, an...

DP Gachagua: Why Nairobi Rivers Commission fell short of its goals
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 21, 2024

Early this year, the DP requested Sh100 million from the State Department of Devolution to fund the operations of the Nairobi Rivers Commission.

IGAD launches East and Southern Africa's health preparedness, response and resilience programme in Kenya
Amina Wako  |  May 17, 2024

It will fund initiatives including climate change adaptation and mitigation, combatting infectious disease outbreaks, and ensuring access to high-qual...

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