Development

• Mobile phones help detect counterfeit seeds in Kenya

  
  9 hours ago
  Farmers send the code via SMS message and get an instant response as to whether the code - and the seed - is valid.

• Four years to end of KCPE

  
  21 hours ago
  Results mark beginning of end to 8-4-4 system

• County to buy more trucks for garbage

  
  1 day ago
  The county government plans to buy more trucks to address garbage collection challenges.

• Kenya’s golden chance to right mistakes on blueeconomy is here

  
  6 days ago
  Kenya’s hosting of the blue economy conference next month should not only focus on missed opportunities over the years

• Banks to get green bond fund

  
  1 week ago
  The facility will enable small banks to finance their green projects even without necessarily having ‘green portfolios’.

• Safaricom appoints a GlaxoSmithKline manager to head its innovation unit

  
  1 week ago
  Safaricom has appointed a GlaxoSmithKline manager Debra Mallowah to its top executive suit as part of its management changes

• AfDB boss defends China on increased lending to Africa

  
  1 week ago
  China this year surpassed the US and former colonial powers in Europe as the biggest source of funding to African nations.

• Hold off sale of weak firms, State advised

  
  1 week ago
  The Privatisation Commission has only concluded the sale of Kenya Wine Agencies Ltd (Kwal) to Distell.

• Man who sacrificed his education for siblings, children finally sits KCPE

  
  1 week ago
  As the first born, Ngugi had to drop out at Standard Seven, shelving his plans of becoming a doctor to help his mother raise his brothers and sisters.

• Why heavy Government borrowing is choking economy

  
  1 week ago
  Mining and quarrying have seen a 9.6 per cent decline in credit in August while agriculture was pinched minus 4.5 per cent in loans.

• Government to revive 1988 collapsed 2b housing project in Wote

  
  1 week ago
  The project in Wote was started in 1988 but stalled and has since been vandalised.

• Narok livestock farmers to reap big from Sh750 million tannery

  
  1 week ago
  The MD also rooted for improvement of the livestock breeds from the traditional Zebu to Sahiwal and Borana

• On Uhuru’s legacy, Mt Kenya MPs are the enemy within

  
  2 weeks ago
  The latest approach taken by Central Kenya leaders to raise and address regional grievances is most unfortunate and callous.

• Uhuru takes up war on exam cheats

  
  2 weeks ago
  Written exams for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) will begin on November 5 through to 28.

• Mombasa port eyes world class status

  
  2 weeks ago
  The Port of Mombasa, Kenya's largest seaport has set out a path towards becoming a world-class regional hub under its Masterplan.

• 54-year-old man among 5,215 candidates sitting KCPE exams in Nakuru

  
  2 weeks ago
  More than 1 million class eight candidates sitting the exams in what will gauge their transition to the next phase of the 8-4-4 education curriculum.

• High security as KCPE exams begin

  
  2 weeks ago
  Nakuru county registered 5,215 candidates in its 79 centers, an increase from 5,000 candidates who sat for the exams last year.

• USAID grants firm with Sh940 million loan

  
  3 weeks ago
  United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday extended a Sh940 million loan to Musoni Microfinance for small scale farmers

• Counties on the spot over budget

  
  3 weeks ago
  Controller of Budget Agness Odhiambo once again raised a red flag over the ballooning wage bill in counties.

• New team to handle regional trade disputes

  
  3 weeks ago
  ?The Government has formed a Cabinet sub-committee to look into trade disputes with other East African Community (EAC) member states.