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NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 31 – Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the government is distributing over 180,000 bags of subsidized fertilizer daily to farmers in high-producing counties ahead of the long rainy season. He attributed the surge in demand to the increased awareness of the fertilizer subsidy program, which has registered over 5.9 million crop […]

ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (Xinhua) — China’s successful experience and technological advancements serve as an instructive model for driving Africa’s agricultural modernization ambitions through robust industrialization, energy development, and human capital enhancement, a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) official has said. Dejene Tezera, director of the Agribusiness and Infrastructure Development Division at UNIDO, told […]

SANAA, March 31 (Xinhua) — Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Sunday the Yemen-based group had attacked the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea three times in the past 24 hours, using cruise missiles and drones. In a statement aired by Houthi-run al Masirah TV, Sarea said the attacks […]

March 31 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is “outraged” at the deaths of eight medics killed on duty in Rafah in southern Gaza. The nine-person ambulance team came under heavy fire in al-Hashashin on 23 March, said the IFRC. Their bodies were retrieved on Sunday […]

KHARTOUM, (Xinhua) — Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), over the weekend vowed to secure a full victory over the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), ruling out any negotiations as the military consolidates recent territorial gains. “I renew the armed forces’ pledge to the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 31 – National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has announced plans to partners with more schools across the country in the ongoing national tree growing restoration campaign. Speaking at Loresho Primary School during a tree planting exercise in collaboration with Kenya Forest Research Institute, the Authority’s acting Chief Executive officer Nehemiah Ngetich said the […]

KERUGOYA, Mar 31 – The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union has raised concerns of a toxic working environment relationship with the new Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, due to his lack of understanding of how doctors work. Secretary General Davji Atella recalled previous interactions the Union had with former Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakumicha, a […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 30 – President William Ruto is set to embark on a five-day working tour of Central Kenya from Tuesday to Saturday. This visit, his first since August 2024, will see him commission completed projects, inspect ongoing initiatives, and launch new ones across nine counties — Laikipia, Nyeri, Meru, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Murang’a, Embu, […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 30 — Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi has announced plans to file a constitutional petition seeking to decriminalize the cultivation, processing, sale, and use of marijuana in Kenya. Havi, in a statement, Sunday indicated that he will move to court in the coming week to challenge existing legal […]

MERU, Kenya March 30 – Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has defended top security bosses on the hateful messages over their recent remarks at a public lecture. The CS told off those who have criticised the KDF Chief of Defences Forces Charles Kahariri and National Intelligence Services DG Noordin Haji over their remarks on ‘Ruto […]