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Locust invasion now under control – Principal Secretary

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The government has brought the locust invasion in the country under control, the Principal Secretary (PS) Ministry of Devolution, Micah  Powon has said. Powon assured Kenyans that the menace had not achieved the threshold where it could be declared a national disaster and that the problem will end soon. The  PS  observed that most of […]

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Over  30 metric tonnes of Kitui honey procured by middlemen

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Over  30 metric tonnes of Kitui honey is procured by middlemen annually in a mission to fleece bee farmers, says Eutchus  Katungi, Chairman of  Kamaki Beekeepers Cooperative Society in Kitui South. Katungi  admits  that  unscrupulous  middlemen have  infiltrated  the multi-million Kitui County honey industry and are profiteering from it at the expense of bee farmers […]

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