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1 day ago | nation.africa | Gitonga Marete

What you need to know:The DP said he was “following up on coffee separately, and we want to concentrate on value addition and specialty coffee and tea. We will continue with the fertilizer subsidy and roll out factory modernization programmes for tea and coffee,” he said“We have taken measures in the coming budget to remove VAT on coffee packaging materials. If we do more value addition and concentrate on specialty coffee and tea, we will do better,” he added.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Gitonga Marete

Content What you need to know:Cardinal Njue participated in the conclave of March 2013, which elected Pope Francis. Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, church law dictates that the election must begin within 15 to 20 days. Kenya’s only surviving Cardinal, John Njue, has said he has not been invited to the Conclave at the Vatican where the next Pope will be elected following the death on Easter Monday of Pope Francis.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Gitonga Marete |Stephen Munyiri

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday hosted key political figures at his Wamunyoro home where they declared that they will unite to send President William Ruto home in the 2027 elections. People’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua, her counterparts Eugene Wamalwa (DAP-K), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said they were willing to sacrifice their ambitions and have one candidate to face Dr Ruto.

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Gitonga Marete |David Muchui

A meeting planned on Wednesday at State House between President William Ruto and leaders from Meru County was called off at the eleventh hour amid discontent over unfinished projects. Instead, some leaders met President Ruto on Tuesday and expressed dissatisfaction over the projects, a situation that has been blamed for the bad blood between the Kenya Kwanza administration and Meru leaders.

1 month ago | nation.africa | Gitonga Marete |Simon Ciuri

President William Ruto concluded his five-day tour of the mountain region on Saturday, telling residents of the restive Mt Kenya area that he was not done with them yet and would be back soon. The President was visiting the region, which voted for him overwhelmingly in the 2022 presidential election but turned against him after he engineered the ouster of his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, in October last year.