Counties News

Elgeyo Marakwet to Pioneer the Kenya Livestock Master Plan
The National Government has picked Elgeyo Marakwet County to pilot a new national Livestock Master

Nandi working to increase coffee production
Nandi County is working to increase coffee production in Nandi County and make it one

Technology helps boost milk production in Nyeri
Dairy farming is one of the most popular enterprises in Nyeri County, with main breeds

Narok to vaccinate over half a million livestock
Narok County Government will be vaccinating over half a million livestock after the CEC for

Uasin Gishu training farmers on renewable energy and biofertilizer
Over 10,000 smallholder farmers within Uasin Gishu County are set to benefit from training on

Plans to form a Dairy Union
Plans are underway to form a dairy union that will see milk producers in Uasin

Nyeri County rolls out climate mitigation measures as agriculture is affected
By Kimuri Mwangi As countries came together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective

Makueni coffee farmers receive seedlings
Over 1,000 farmers from Mbooni Sub-County in Makueni County benefitted from coffee seedlings by the

Coffee farming increasing in Uasin Gishu
The crop diversification message championed by the County government of Uasin Gishu over the years

Kiambu County coffee brand in the pipeline
The County Government of Kiambu has partnered with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in

Exclusive Tomato Market opened in Kirinyaga
Kirinyaga County has opened the county’s largest exclusive tomato market at Makutano. Governor Anne Waiguru

Coffee farmers to benefit from climate change initiative
Coffee farmers in Trans Nzoia County are set to benefit from a climate change initiative

Trans Nzoia and GIZ unite on Climate risk assessment
Trans Nzoia County Government and German Agency for international cooperation (GIZ) have launched an initiative

Council of Governors agriculture committee meets
The Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives Committee of the Council of Governors held its first chaired

Elegeyo Marakwet County inks sorghum deal with EABL
Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Wisley Rotich inked a deal with East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) after

Nandi unveils taskforce to review multinational companies’ engagements in the tea sub-sector
Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has unveiled a task force that will conduct an extensive review

Murang’a County to partner with Del Monte to grow fruits
Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata and a delegation from Murang’a county government held deliberative talks with

We will end reliance on relief food in Nyandarua says Governor Kiarie
Nyandarua Governor Dr Moses Kiarie Badilisha has promised to end reliance on relief food through

Trans Nzoia commissions Kshs. 2o Million dam
Trans Nzoia County Government has commissioned the construction of Amani dam in Chepchoina Endebess sub-county

New abattoir for Nyeri poultry sellers
Nyeri town poultry sellers have acquired a modern abattoir which is expected to boost their

Potato is the emerging food crop in Uasin Gishu
Potato is the emerging food crop in Uasin Gishu County and the County Government is

Taskforce recommends govt. buying off land near Lake Nakuru
A task force committee looking into the causes and effects of the rising water levels

County supporting avocado farming
In collaboration with partners, the County Government of Nakuru has distributed over 500,000 avocado seedlings

Turkana County and partners expanding beekeeping
The County Government of Turkana through the Departments of Livestock Production and Technical Vocational Education

Castor farming in Nakuru
The County Government of Nakuru in collaboration with ENI Kenya B.V has embarked on promotion

Poultry CBO plans to establish a modern slaughterhouse
The Nakuru Poultry farmers Community Based Organisation (CBO) in Menengai East Ward, Nakuru Town East

Trans Nzoia to adopt modern coffee processing as more farmers embrace coffee farming
Coffee farmers in Trans Nzoia County are set to be beneficiaries of a post-harvest processing

Tackling Drosophilla Suzuki in Uasin Gishu
The County Government of Uasin Gishu on Tuesday held an awareness forum on monitoring Drosophilla

Locusts loss compensation in Meru
Through the Department of Agriculture, the county government of Meru has distributed maize and beans

Nakuru County registering farmers
The Nakuru County Department of Agriculture has issued tablets and backup power banks to all
