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Kitui agriculture department tops performance, staff earn pay rise

Agriculture & Livestock county executive committee member Dr Mbaya Kimwele (left), his livestock chief officer Kyambi Nzau (centre) and Agriculture chief officer Gladys Kivoto celebrate after department emerged the overall winner in performance contracting evaluation for 2024/2025 financial year on December 19, 2025.[Philip Muasya, Standard]

The Kitui County Department of Agriculture and Livestock has emerged as the overall top-performing ministry in the latest performance contracting evaluation results.

The docket, headed by Dr Mbaya Kimwele, outperformed 11 other county ministries to emerge the overall winner during the third performance contracting awards ceremony held at Kitui Teachers Training College on Friday for the 2024/2025 financial year.

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