Coffee farmers sort out berries at a factory.[File, Standard] Farmers in Western region have been encouraged to closely monitor the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) to better understand the dynamics of coffee market and ensure they receive fair value for their produce. Speaking during a sensitization forum at Butere Girls High School, Everlyne Muthoni, an official with the NCE, emphasized the importance of transparency and awareness in the coffee trade.better understand “Every Tuesday, Kenyan coffee is sold at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. As a farmer, you can follow up on how it’s sold so that when you take your coffee to…
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Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi at Bunge Tower, Nairobi on March 10, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi has dismissed the renewed push for unity among top Luhya leaders, claiming it is a veiled strategy to rally the Western region behind President William Ruto’s re-election bid in 2027. Speaking in Khwisero, Osotsi said the campaign spearheaded by a section of MPs to unite Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, and Cooperative Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya lacks genuine intent to advance the Luhya agenda. “It is the same narrative they used in 2022 to hoodwink Luhyas.…
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Mukur residents in Tiaty, Baringo County draw water at a water project sponsored by First Lady Rachel Ruto on December 21, 2023. [Photo, Standard] Kenya and Uganda have signed a bilateral agreement to implement a mega water project to improve the economy of the two countries. The Angololo Water Resources Development Project (AWRDP), a major transboundary initiative, aims to improve food security, clean water access, power generation, job creation, and regional integration. Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eric Muga and Uganda’s Environment Minister Beatrice Atim presided over the signing of the agreement in Busia. The development is a major milestone for a project conceptualised in 2015 and implemented in partnership with the Nile Basin Initiative through its Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP). The CS…