Irene Mugo

Aug 7, 2023 | nation.africa | Irene Mugo

All is not well for macadamia farmers in Central region as prices continue to plummet at the backdrop of global economic recession and overproduction. Farmers have now started uprooting the trees wishing to replace them with other lucrative crops saying the government has relegated them by failing to secure a market for their produce. Some are grinding the nuts in animal feeds factories for their dairy and chicken while others are selling them in tea factories for combustion.

Aug 7, 2023 | nation.africa | Irene Mugo

Nyeri governor Mutahi Kahiga want coffee produced within the county marketed as one to leverage on the economies of scale in a new partnership with New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (NKPCU). This, the governor said would ensure that farmers have a better bargaining power in marketing and purchasing of farm inputs as well as boost their value for money of their products.

Jul 18, 2023 | nation.africa | Irene Mugo

By Irene MugoReporterNation Media GroupMore than a decade after thousands of people were settled in the Solio Settlement Scheme, they have found no respite in their quest to use the land donated to them by the government. Some of the more than 1,500 households settled there have resorted to leasing their plots to multinational companies that grow horticultural products while others have resigned themselves to fate.

Jul 16, 2023 | nation.africa | Irene Mugo

Kenyans are grappling with the high cost of onions as traders are hit by a shortage of the commodity, which is now trading at Sh150 per kilo due to reduced imports from Tanzania. The shortage has also been exacerbated by a decline in production by farmers, who cite high costs of production and drought in the country in recent years. Compared to recent months, onion prices have shot up by as much as 87.5 per cent from Sh80 per kilogram in March, depending on the variety of onion.

Jul 16, 2023 | nation.africa | Irene Mugo

The Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri, Anthony Muheria, has called for dialogue between President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to bring an end to the violence witnessed in parts of the country last week. He noted that a meeting between the two leaders would offer a forward approach to issues affecting Kenyans and prevent loss of life and destruction of property in the anti-government demonstrations.