Antony Gitonga News Today

Flower farmers in Naivasha are opting for seasonal employment in a bid to reduce the expensive labour that has been identified as one of the biggest challenges facing the horticultural sector.

The county government of Nakuru has said it will provide fish hawkers along the highway with freezers and cooler boxes.

The Kenya Flower Council (KFC) has embarked on an ambitious project of transporting flowers by sea following a rise in air-freight charges.

ouncing back from a tough pandemic season flower farmers are hoping to cash in on the alentine s season even as they face shortage of markets

Witness reports indicate that the truck had been involved in an accident at around 6 am but burst into flames hours later.

s a result of rise in cost of raw materials feed manufacturers are grappling with the ever rising cost of doing business

THE STANDARD NYANZA Nyora residents ferry their belongings using a boat after River Kuja busted water flowing on peoples homes in 2018. Over 290 homes have been affected by the flood following the ongoing heavy rain in the country.[Caleb Kingwara, Standard] More than 2,200 families in Migori and Homa Bay counties have been displaced by floods following heavy rains. At Kakelo Kakoth location in Migori County, some 300 homes were submerged on Monday, forcing locals to move to safer grounds. In L...

Mystery of murdered woman whose body parts were dumped in Naivasha puzzles police Crime. photo credit: colourbox Efforts to identify the body of a middle-aged woman whose body parts were found dumped in Naivasha early last month have hit the wall. Fingerprints collected by police and taken to the registrar of persons have failed to match any on their records further complicating the bizarre murder. Some of the body parts were found dumped in the Kabati estate and the others near the town sewera...

THE STANDARD By Antony Gitonga | February 1st 2021 at 14:37:34 GMT +0300 The Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Linah Chebii (R) examines illegal nets recovered in Lake Naivasha (PHOTO: Antony Gitonga) The Ministry of Agriculture is calling for a total ban on the importation of monofilament nets terming them as the greatest threat to the fishing industry in Kenya. The ministry noted that the nets which are imported from Asia were sweeping away mature fish and finger...