Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka has urged residents to embrace cotton farming, citing a significant demand due to a shortage of the produce in the country.
Determined to steady the ship, Rehema Atieno rallied a group of like-minded new board members, who shared her vision of restoring Wevarsity Sacco to its former glory.
Survivors say that after the attack, majority of the students did not get any support from the government. Some survivors received help in form of scholarships from other countries.
Some of the farmers who had taken advantage of the ongoing long rains to plant are now helpless.
The government, in 1971 mooted a plan to compulsorily acquire land from residents to expand Mumias town, which by then was a small market with a handful of shops.
African leafy vegetables (ALVs), a staple in local cuisine yet often overlooked in the commercial farming sector.
The landowners have petitioned the court to give a restraining order to the respondents from evicting them the land and to allow them to utilise it.
The careers of impeached members of the Kakamega County Public Service Board hang in the balance as they await the outcome of a petition challenging their dismissal.
The ousted members of the board maintained the county government embarked on a campaign of premeditated persecution by relentlessly pushing for their impeachment.
Dairy experts advise that before venturing into dairy farming one should carry out conclusive market research.
The bill if assented to law will establish a legal framework for collecting, purifying, smelting, fabricating, registering, monitoring and transporting gold or products of gold.
Most of the projects that President William Ruto promised to initiate in Kakamega County are missing in the 2024/25 financial year budget estimates.
A section of religious leaders from the Western region has called out on President Ruto for allowing politicians from his stronghold to antagonise DP Rigathi Gachagua.
Kenyans will start paying 2.75 per cent of their gross salary to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) from July 1, under the new Social Health Authority (SHA).
The money is expected to be released in two weeks as announced by President William Ruto during his tour of the county last week.
The board has been fighting to overturn a decision of the county assembly to kick them out.
The court ordered for their immediate reinstatement and awarded each of the four board members Sh1 million in damages.
The country is making significant strides towards becoming a middle-income country by 2030, the government has said.
The County Chief of Staff met the board members and informed them that he was organising for a meeting with the governor before they can resume duty.
The families living in the two estates have been served with notices to hand over the houses to the county government by the end of this month or face eviction.
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