CS Munya News

Kshs 8 Billion set aside for cheap maize flour
The Kenyan government has currently set aside Kshs 8 billion for the maize meal subsidy

Munya moves to avert crisis
Agriculture CS Peter Munya suspended all levies on imports for Maize and Animal Feed products

The potato value chain faces various challenges – Munya
The Potato crop is the second most important food crop in Kenya only after maize

This is why fertilizer prices have increased – Munya
Agricultural inputs, including fertilizers, are important requirements to boost crop productivity. It is estimated that

Government releases subsidized fertilizer
The Kenyan Government has set aside Kshs 5.734 Billion to subsidize 114,000 MT of fertilizer

Munya inspects leather park progress
Peter Munya the CS Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives inspected the KSh 2.2 billion Common

Munya unveils theTea Board of Kenya Board of Directors
Agriculture CS Hon Peter Munya today morning launched the Board of Directors for the Tea

National Coffee Farm Inputs Stimulus Package E-Subsidy Programme launched
The government has launched the National Coffee Farm Inputs Stimulus Package E-Subsidy Programme. The stimulus

Munya to engage treasury on levies
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has said he will engage the National Treasury on the

Kenya has developed a draft Kenya Leather Development Policy
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, in consultation with the Kenya Leather Development

Ministry auditing tea weighing machines
The Ministry of Agriculture has dispatched a team of inspectors across all tea buying centres,

Here are the tea reforms despite the challenges – Munya
By Kimuri Mwangi The tea sub-sector is very important in Kenya as it supports over

Tea fertilizer enroute to Nairobi via SGR
Agriculture CS Hon Peter Munya this morning flagged off 65,000 tonnes of tea fertilizer from

Revitalizing the pyrethrum sub-sector
The National government in collaboration with the county governments targets to revitalize the pyrethrum crop

Schools receive seedlings to support 4-K Clubs
Ten Primary schools in Nairobi have received 10,000 seedlings from the Ministry of Agriculture to

New KTDA Board inducted & challenged to speed up reforms
The newly elected tea directors were finally inducted as board directors of KTDA Holdings Ltd.

Leave the coffee exchange alone- Munya tells CMA
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has told the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to keep off the

Munya likens KTDA with “Wall Street fat cats”
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has accused Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) of using a lot

High Court Suspends President Kenyatta’s Executive Order on KTDA managed Factory Elections, Subsidiaries
The High Court in Nairobi has this afternoon issued a conservatory order suspending the implementation

CS Munya releases Smallholder tea factories elections timetable
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has released a timetable for smallholder tea factories elections. Here

The Kenya Dairy Industry Regulations, 2021 launched
By Kimuri Mwangi The Dairy Industry Regulations, 2021 have been launched and are now law

AFA launches online trade system to ease business
The Agriculture & Food Authority (AFA) has launched the Agriculture Information Management System (AIMS), an

Government investing in fishing
Agriculture CS Peter Munya has said that the Government has invested in Bandari Maritime Academy

Non-deposit taking Saccos to be regulated by SASRA
Non-deposit taking Saccos will now be under the regulation of the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority

Munya warns Coffee Societies officials over Coffee Cherry fund
By Kimuri Mwangi Agriculture CS Peter Munya has read the riot act to officials of

Boosting the Coconut sub-sector at the Coast
The Coconut crop in the Coastal region is highly valued. However, commercialization of the crop

Consult us or we take you to court -Governors tell Munya
Agriculture CS Peter Munya is headed on a collision course with Governors over several issues

FAO boosts Kenya’s fight against desert locusts
Kenya’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has lauded FAO’s (Food and Agriculture Organisation) continuing partnership

Kenya to exploit Indian Ocean to benefit coastal people – Munya
Kenya will enhance efforts to exploit it’s vast exclusive economic zone in the Indian Ocean

Training for slaughter houses attendants coming soon
Slaughter house attendants will receive training to ensure they acquire the necessary skills needed to