1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1528+ words) There are few quicker routes to fame, or infamy, in Kenya than standing between the country and its staple ugali, whether as a bridge or an obstacle. After nearly three decades of building an expansive business empire away from the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1446+ words) Sirare-sourced maize grains, packed in sacks after drying under the sun, at the Railways Grounds in Nakuru City on July 8, 2026. By Sammy Waweru & Barnabas Bii The unusually high stocks of maize being held by traders in Kenya’s coastal counties are…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (226+ words) The once vibrant sugar industry remains in deep decline despite reforms that had been expected to turn around farmers’ fortunes. Indeed, the sweet promises from the reforms are not being realised. Sugarcane farmers incurred Sh46 billion in cane-related losses between 2014 and…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (667+ words) Gunny bags containing cannabis sativa disguised as sacks of bananas. Geoffrey Lingori, 58, walked into an Eldoret courtroom on Monday with the calm demeanour of a man who had long made peace with an unlikely choice he says was born out…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1016+ words) Sugar cane farmers harvest cane in a plantation. For generations, sugarcane farming has been the economic backbone for thousands of families in Western Kenya, acting as a source of livelihoods for thousands of people while also contributing to the national…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1064+ words) Cherotich Rutto, founder and CEO of Tawi Fresh Kenya, an award-winning agribusiness platform connecting smallholder farmers to markets. Health and Science Reporter When she started farming about ten years ago, Cherotich Rutto, founder and chief executive officer of Tawi Fresh…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (725+ words) Rosemary Piranto (left), an apiculture farmer specialising in organic honey, and Christine Leseewa, a livestock trader, at Kisima Livestock Market in Suguta, Samburu West. For decades, two industries in Kenya's arid and semi-arid region (Asal) have belonged almost entirely to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1516+ words) The extreme weather is expected to disrupt national examinations, cut off communities, destroy crops and livestock, and cripple critical transport and water networks. The threat comes as the economy enters the rainy season after recording broad-based growth, with some of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (922+ words) A dairy farmer, Agnes Wangari Wanyaga, milking a cow at her Giachumi home in Githunguri, Kiambu County on August 4, 2026. Due to the reduction of packed milk countrywide as a result of drought, fears are rife that unscrupulous traders are seeking…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (401+ words) As we walk through the agro-processing packhouse, one piece of equipment ubiquitous in manufacturing across Africa is conspicuously missing: a diesel genset. “We moved that out months ago to our Tanzanian operations, and even that will not stay there for…...