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Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission(EÀCC) Head Office in Nairobi on March 25, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Panic has gripped the executive…
Crime scene. (Courtesy) A 35-year–old man went berserk and killed his two children aged two and seven. The suspect was later arrested armed…
Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi when appeared before the Senate CPAC committee at the Bunge Towers, Nairobi, July 29th, 2024 [Elvis…
A police officer restrained a man wielding a machete after two factions, supporting the Mboe and Koinange families, clashed at…
St. Joseph Mateta from the Eastern region delivers a choral verse titled Benideta during the 63rd Kenya National Drama and Film Festival at Lions…
St. Mary’s School participates in the 63rd Kenya National Drama and Film Festival at Lions School in Nakuru on April 4, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]…
A construction firm has threatened to sue a financial institution, alleging that it has lost at least Sh100 million from…
St. Mary’s School participates in the 63rd Kenya National Drama and Film Festival at Lions School in Nakuru on April 4, 2025.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Discussions about the…
Kenya has called for global collaboration, investment and accountability in transforming food systems to withstand climate change, as the inaugural…
Kenya has called for global collaboration, investment and accountability in transforming food systems to withstand climate change, as the inaugural…
Newly-appointed Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has appointed former Chief Administrative Officer (CAS) Dr. Mercy M. Mwangangi as the new…
Dr Alfred Nganga Mutua ,nominee for the position of Labour and Social Protection CS before the Committee on Appointments at the Mini Chambers, County…
Jubilee Health Insurance (JHIL), a subsidiary of listed financial services company Jubilee Holdings, doubled its net profit to KSh 910…
Information, Communications and the Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo Gitau has stated that the government is keen to leverage…
NACADA has vowed to intensify the raids as it fights drug abuse and trafficking in the country. [NACADA,X] The National…
Insurance is the least adjacent financial service offered by Mobile money Providers (MMPs) after credit and savings, even though it…
Monica Onyango, a clerical Officer at Kisumu East registration office displays some of the uncollected national identification cardrs.Over 12,000 uncollected cards since the year…
Lawyer Abel Mogaka at the Eldoret Magistrate Court where he was arraigned yesterday, following the death of his colleague the late Calvin Ngaira…
Uasin Gishu County Governor Jonathan Bii (in suit) with area security team led by Police Commander Benjamin Mwanthi (in blue), inspect motorcycle parts stolen…
Former UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala inside his car after been blocked by DCI officers and uniformed police outside Kirobon Girls’…
The storey building behind [left] is marked for demolition at Kibokoni area in Mombasa. Mombasa County and police officers have put arribon, marking the area…
Police lobbed teargas cannisters at the journalists covering the developments. [Julius Kipsang, Standard] Tension flared at Kirobon Girls Secondary School…
Francis Gathiru Theuri’s mind immediately went to his ailing neighbor, Peter Muchiri Maina, when he heard that a free medical…
The Nairobi Hospital has moved to reassure the public that operations at the facility are back on track, days after…
Over 4,000 sheep are confined in a 50×100 plot without access to adequate food or water at Koromboi residential area…
Machakos governor Wavinya Ndeti makes her speech during the launch of Machakos Youth Service at Machakos Agricultural Training Center in Machakos County on…
Marachi West Ward MCA Simon Maina. (Courtesy) Residents of Marachi West Ward in Busia County have given the area police…
Kenya Power intends to ramp up its rural electrification drive, aiming to connect 150,000 additional customers to the grid under…
Former Kisii County Assembly Speaker David Kombo being sworn into office by County Clerk James Nyaoga after he was elected…
Crime Scene. Police in Isinya, Kajiado County, are searching for a man following the death of his wife, who was…
Pupils from Makunga Primary School in the Western region rehearse their cultural dance titled Shwanja ahead of their performance at…
Activist Phyllis Omido (centre) with Owino Uhuru residents outside the Mombasa High Court in Mombasa County on Thursday 16th May 2018. An application…
Viola Nekesa (L) and the Rongai matatu christened “Audiophile” (R) [Facebook] The Nairobi ‘matatu’ industry is notorious for its unforgiving chaos.…
Residents of Isiolo have been urged to embrace collective responsibility in an effort to curb the widespread use of drug…
NCBA Group PLC has said that it will appeal a High Court ruling that nullified the KSh 384.5 million stamp…
Kenyan social commerce startup ‘Chpter’ has spun off Pluto, its WhatsApp API suite, into a standalone subsidiary, marking a strategic…
Listed Agricultural company, Kakuzi PLC, has reported a pre-tax loss of KSh 167 million for 2024, driven by adverse weather…
Parliament is considering a bill that seeks to streamline gold business in Kenya, and includes a proposal to establish gold…
Kenya’s tea export earnings plunged 20% in December 2024 while coffee revenues soared, underscoring the divergent paths of two of…
The Kenya Railway Corporation will kick off a feasibility study for the rehabilitation and expansion of Nairobi Commuter Rail Network…
The government through the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has raised KSh 130.8 billion from two reopened infrastructure bonds in…
The Milimani anti-corruption court has found Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his wife – Susan Wangari – guilty in…
Kenya needs effective trade within the country and across borders for the growing demand for animal feed to be affordable at…
Mumias Sugar has issued Ksh150 million bonus to cane farmers as leaders from the region challenged the government to fast-tract…
The area under cultivation of wheat in Kenya has been falling since 2019 as farmers shift to maize farming, according…
The Sugar Bill signed into law by President William Ruto in November last year was a Trojan horse for the…
The Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) doubts the government’s ability to conduct an effective nationwide livestock vaccination exercise in January next…
Partnerships with APIs such as the Daraja platform have enabled Safaricom’s M-Pesa to broaden its integration range with Point-of-Sale (POS)…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has lowered the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 11.25% at its…
The Marakwet community has joined the ranks of Kenyan tribes represented at the Bomas of Kenya, Bomas of Kenya, unveiling…
The Capital Markets Tribunal has rejected a bid by Kakuzi PLC (Ticker: KUKZ) and its directors to bar the Capital…
Farmers in various tea zones have accused several factories of unfairly dropping per kilogram prices of the green leaf, prompting…
Chpter, an AI-powered conversational commerce platform, has raised US$1.2 million in their pre-seed round to expand product visibility and enhance…
Majority of small holder farmers are missing out on credit to expand their farms as many are stuck in the…
Kakuzi Plc, a listed agricultural firm, has posted KSh347.5 million net profit for the 6 months to June 2024 –…
The cost of fertiliser is still beyond the reach of many farmers across the country posing the risk of low-quality…
The competition regulator in Kenya has permitted UAE’s B Commodities’s acquisition of 98.56% in Lipton Teas and Infusion, setting the…
In a country where agriculture accounts for 20% of the GDP, the role of processing industries in socio-economic development remains…
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has gazetted a settlement it made with KCB last year following a complaint that…
Pula, a Kenyan startup that offers insurance to small-scale farmers, aims to serve more than 100 million farmers in Africa…
MasterCard, through its Agribusiness Challenge Fund, is seeking proposals from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) in the agriculture sector in Kenya…
Prices of onions are expected to remain elevated in the month of April despite an increase in supply harvesting which…
When VunaPay, an agritech startup that provides produce management solutions, was founded last year, its co-founder and CEO – Judy…
Kenya’s government has confirmed plans to use the local co-operatives network to position Kenya as a leading superfood producer and…
Tabasamu DT Sacco (Deposit-Taking), based in Kwale, saw its turnover increase to KSh 207.3 Million in 2023 from KSh 173.6…
Kenya will resume the export of avocado fruits in March this year after the Agricultural Food Authority (AFA) lifted its…
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), through its Trust Fund Committee, has endorsed a $70 million plan, with an initial allocation…
Kakuzi Plc, a listed agro business firm, saw its half year net profit tumble to KSh 171.1 million at the…
Kenyan onions have shot up in price due to shortages occasioned by a cut in imports from Tanzania. Available data…
During the period between June and December last year, tea farmers associated with the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) experienced…
The government is set to start importing fertiliser from Tanzania in July in a bid to enhance agricultural output and…
Kenya is set to launch value-added tea exports to Australia in a bid to protect its unique identity and improve…
The value of coffee Kenya exported between January and October rose 49%, boosted by increased shipments, data from the Kenya…
In his first trip to Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Bill Gates has announced the Bill & Melinda Gates…
Kenya has partnered with an Australia-based company, Fortescue Future Industries, to build a fertilizer production facility in the next three…
Extreme weather patterns as a result of global climate change may drastically affect coffee production in the country this year.…
Local agribusiness firm, Kakuzi Plc has secured pre-shipment approvals from the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) for its second…
National Treasury has availed KES 3.55 billion to start implementation of the fertilizer subsidy programme that will start with counties…
Kenya’s coffee exports earnings in the 11 months to August 2022 increased by KES 9.8 billion ($81 million), attributed to…
The price of Kenya’s coffee at the Nairobi coffee auction dropped to a three-month low in this week’s sale, reflecting…
The weekly Mombasa Tea Auction held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th August 2022 had 12.3 million kilograms of tea offered for sale.…
Tea exports reduced 28% in the month of May as compared to the same period last year despite increased production…
The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has imported 88,000 metric tons of NPK fertilizer from Russia for KSh9 billion. The…
The coffee auction at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) recorded a 5% increase in prices, the second time in a…
The government has subsidised the price of maize flour by Sh100 for a two-kilogramme packet in a deal with millers…
The price of maize flour has breached the Sh200 mark for a two-kilogramme packet, the highest to ever been witnessed…
Microsoft says it is committing to working with Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture through a platform that will digitize agriculture in…
Cooking oil prices could rise further in the coming days amidst the biting dollar shortage which coupled with limited exports…
Kenya Orchards Plc, a listed firm that manufactures and sells fruit and vegetable bottled and canned products for domestic consumption…
Kenya’s stagnant sugar industry has received another reprieve. This is after the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA) regional…