Barnabas Bii

Eldoret

Journalist at Daily Nation

Journalist at Business Daily Africa

Broadcast Journalist @NationMediaGrp @dailynation @Nation_Eldoret

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Articles

Why Fluorspar Company’s revival may take even longer

1 week ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

The anticipated mining of fluorspar in Elgeyo Marakwet County will take longer than had been expected despite the government signing an agreement last year with a United Kingdom-based company to pump Sh4.8 billion into the revival of Kenya Fluorspar Company.
Kerio Valley killings return as bandits escalate revenge attacks

1 week ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii |Florah Koech

Peace efforts in Kerio Valley have suffered a setback with renewed bandit attacks that have seen at least 10 people killed in the past two months. The latest incidents include the killing of an Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) police officer and a chief in separate attacks, dealing a blow to the one-year long multi-agency security operation to crack down on bandits and recover illegal firearms in the region.
Return to Kerio Valley killings as bandits escalate revenge attacks

1 week ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii |Florah Koech

What you need to know:The latest incidents include the killing of an Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) police officer and a chief in separate attacks. Elgeyo Marakwet County police boss Peter Mulinge said additional security personnel had been deployed to flush out the bandits. Peace efforts in Kerio Valley have suffered a setback with renewed bandit attacks that have seen at least 10 people killed in the past two months.
Ruto defends state fertilizer subsidy programme

1 week ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

What you need to know:President Ruto decried the low yield in most maize growing zones in the North Rift region due to pitiable agricultural practices. The Head of State disclosed further restructuring of coffee, dairy and sugar sub-sectors by offering farmers subsidies for farm inputs. President William Ruto has announced further reforms in agricultural sector aimed at boosting productivity, raising farmers’ incomes, and curbing reliance on food imports.
How Kenyan husbands are preparing for their wives' menopause

1 week ago | nation.africa | Elvis Ondieki |Barnabas Bii |Pius Maundu

Men across Kenya appear to have a functional understanding of menopause, although most admit that they can use a little more enlightenment on the topic. In these interviews conducted between April 7 and 9, the men speak out.
Why Talai elders want Ruto, Gideon Moi handshake

1 week ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

The Talai Council of Elders have launched a fresh bid to have President William Ruto and Kanu Chairman Gideon Moi strike a political deal for the sake of Kalenjin unity and control of Rift Valley votes. The elders, descendants of Nandi’s legendary spiritual leader Koitaleel Samoei, want President Ruto to include political old guards, including the younger Moi, in his broad-based administration as part of the strategy to consolidate Rift Valley votes and secure a second term in office.
Inside weekend truce that ended 50-year-old Talai elders’ feud

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

A weekend truce between feuding Talai elders in the Rift Valley has ended 50 years of rivalry and claims that the spiritual elders had commercialized coronation ceremonies. Talai elders, who are the descendants of Nandi's legendary spiritual leader, Koitaleel Samoei, have now agreed to coordinate and clear the crowning procedures of aspirants and joint ceremonies going forward, in which they will all be involved. “We have for long never had a clear crowning procedure.
Kagwe bows to pressure, opens imports as unga prices hit 13-month high

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Linet Owoko |Barnabas Bii

The Agriculture and Livestock Development Ministry is set to open imports of 5.5 million bags of yellow maize to ease pressure on the white variant of the commodity whose prices have jumped by as much as 26.47 percent since December, hitting households reliant on the staple food. Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that the State would grant a 50 percent duty waiver for the yellow maize imports over a year.
Moi University now issues notice to lay off employees

2 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Barnabas Bii

Financially stressed Moi University has issued a notice of redundancy to formalise plans to lay off staff as part of its cost-cutting measures, three months after a new management team was appointed to salvage the institution. âWe hereby give formal notice of an intention to declare redundancy affecting a number of employees who are members of your union.
Cash-strapped Moi University to lay off employees

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

What you need to know:The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are probing financial and managerial mismanagement at the cash-strapped institution. Among financial irregularities under probe at the university include failure to remit Sh4 billion in payroll deductions, defaulted on a Sh3 billion loan owed to Rivatex East Africa Limited, and accumulated Sh1.1 billion in unpaid bills as of June 2020.