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THE STANDARD NATIONAL Workers at a fish hatchery near Meru town. [Courtesy] Efforts to encourage Central Kenya residents to consume more fish reared locally appear to have hit a snag with Nyeri and Meru counties now seeking to lease out two of the largest fish processing plants in the region. Wamagana processing plant in Nyeri and Kanyekine fish factory in Meru were both inherited from the national government under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) during President Mwai Kibaki’s tenure. One of the main challenges is fish reared in ponds face stiff competition from those from large water...

THE STANDARD By Phares Mutembei | February 26th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Meru governor Kiraitu Murungi addresses the media after he hosted British High Commissioner to KenyaJane Marriott on a tour of Flamingo Ibis flower farm in Timau, Meru county, February 3, 2021. [Mose Sammy, Standard] Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi (pictured) has appointed board members of the Kaguru Agricultural Training Centre following approval by the county assembly. Among those appointed to the board, which will run the now autonomous centre, is Kaburu M’Ribu who was Agriculture Executive in former Governor Pete...