Kerio Valley has for a long time been known for the wrong reasons – insecurity. Most Kenyans know the region as full of bandits that roam around, terrorizing locals and driving away their cows. There are however many positives for
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Bororet Farmers Cooperatives Union is in the final stages of procuring a maize milling plant. The plant, expected to be set up in Tulwet/Chuiyat ward, Kesses Sub County, will have the capacity to handle 30 tonnes of maize per day,
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The journey of reintroducing pyrethrum growing in Elgeyo Marakwet County kicked off officially on Friday, June 24, 2022, at Chebulbai, Moiben Kuserwo Ward. Elgeyo Marakwet Deputy Governor Wisely Rotich presided over the official launch of the program. Rotich, who is
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Billionaire businessman Bundotich Zedekiah Kiprop (Buzeki), the Uasin Gishu county governor candidate has decried the inflated prices of farming inputs and the high cost of labour. Buzeki, while drumming up support for his gubernatorial bid in Moiben sub-county lamented
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The youth in the country have been called upon to engage actively in agricultural activities, especially cotton farming in order to complement the growing demand for raw materials. Speaking during a maiden visit to Rivatex East Africa, the government spokesperson
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Uasin Gishu County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Agriculture Samuel Yego on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, hosted Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya Limited (PPCK) officials who are in the county in a bid to revive pyrethrum production. The company, in
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The Nandi County Department of Agriculture and Cooperative Development in liaison with CAISLEY INTERNATIONAL, ADGG, ILRI, and KALRO on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, held a stakeholder engagement forum with farmers’ representatives, from over 17 dairy cooperatives across the county, with
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For the past few years, the County Government of Uasin Gishu has been working on an ambitious program aimed at increasing fish production among its farmers. It is an initiative that was rolled out against the backdrop of the growing
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