Anglican Church buys new sunflower oil extractor

ACK Diocese of Embu Bishop Rev David Muriithi inspects a sunflower oil extracting machine bought by the development arm of the church at Macumo station, Embu East. He urged farmers to increase production of the crop. BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD

Sunflower farming in the county has received a boost after the Anglican Church of Kenya purchased a machine to extract oil from the crop.

The machine installed at Anglican Development Services (ADS) of Mt Kenya East, Macumo Station, cost Sh700,000 and has the capacity to process 200kg of sunflower per hour. The machine replaces an older one that processed 50kg daily.