Day: July 19, 2025

Kianyaga Housing Project Spurs Local Economy, Uplifts Livelihoods

Kianyaga: Residents of Kianyaga town are celebrating the near completion of the much-anticipated affordable housing project, which has become a beacon of transformation for the community. According to Kenya News Agency, the Gichugu affordable housing project, located at the heart of Kianyaga town, is now 99 percent complete after one

Coffee Expo Empowers Kirinyaga Growers with Modern Farming Skills

Kianyaga: Hundreds of coffee farmers in Kirinyaga County converged at Kianyaga Stadium for a groundbreaking exhibition aimed at educating them on modern farming techniques, market opportunities, and ways to improve coffee quality and yields. The Expo was organised by Baragwi Coffee Cooperative Society in collaboration with Nyeri International Coffee Exports

Safaricom Empowers Rift Region SMEs Through Innovation and Tech

Nairobi: Over 120 businesses in the Rift Region have benefitted from the Grow with Safaricom Business (GWSB) forum, a platform designed to empower entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills that can help them to sustainably accelerate their growth. The forum, held under the theme ‘Fuelling financial growth through innovation’, brought

Therapeutic Bee Stings Relieve Joints, Nerve Pain in Kandara

Kandara: In the sleepy rolling hills of Kandara, Murang’a County, a buzzing innovation is taking root. From far and wide, visitors stream into the apiculture centre to seek healing from nature’s oldest chemists – the honey bees. It’s an unusually warm afternoon in July when KNA visits Steven Kimani’s apiculture

Otendo, Orogare Book Regional Slots After Thrilling Finals

Nairobi: The curtains come down on the much-anticipated Kisii County Primary and Junior Secondary School (JSS) ball games at the Cardinal Otunga High School, Mosocho: The event marked the climax of a week-long display of exceptional athleticism and spirited inter-school competition. According to Kenya News Agency, in the JSS girls’

Civil Society Rallies Behind Long-Stalled PBO Act Implementation

Nairobi: During a stakeholder forum in Nairobi, the Public Benefit Organisations Regulatory Authority (PBORA) called for the speedy adoption of the Draft PBO Regulations, 2025. The forum, part of a nationwide public participation exercise, seeks views on the legal framework to operationalise the long-delayed Public Benefit Organisations Act passed by

State-funded Poultry Project Transforms Rural Livelihoods in Nakuru

Nakuru: Poultry farmers in four wards within Nakuru are set to receive 6,525 dual-purpose improved breeds of chicks that guarantee low cost of maintenance and higher earnings. This comes against a background of increased cost of production for broiler and layer varieties due to various challenges bedeviling the subsector, including

Deputy President Assures Kenyans of More Job Opportunities

Kakamega: Deputy President Kithure Kindiki affirmed that the Kenya Kwanza administration is on track in creating adequate job opportunities to absorb the unemployed Kenyans to enable them to take care of their families. Speaking in Kakamega during an economic empowerment programme on Friday, Prof Kindiki said that in the last