On August 30 2024, Beatrice Nkatha received an SMS notification on her phone that some money had been debited from her bank account. “Sh. 200 was debited from my account. I wondered how that had come about, but forgot...
If you are a poultry farmer, there are several poultry equipment that you need at your chicken farm in order to boost chicken production at your farm. In this feature, we shall take a look at five of these...
For a long time, the joke around the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County has been that you can tell locals from visitors by looking at their teeth. The majority of locals in Naivasha have brown teeth that have...
The visa officer told me no documents!... The visa officer didn't even look at all the title deeds, bank statements, birth certificates, academic papers I had spent months preparing... All my documents were ignored! If you have ever been...
Loss of hearing ability is gradually climbing the list of most impactful global diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) projects that by the year 2050 nearly 2.5 billion people will have some degree of hearing loss. Out of these,...
Colostrum (either dam’s or mixed colostrum from first milking of older cows) fed to calves as soon after birth as possible (ideally within 30 minutes and certainly within 4 hours) protects against disease. Early feeding of colostrum at 4...
Housing is necessary to protect chicken against predators, thieves, bad weather and to provide shelter for egg laying and broody hens. If you are keeping kienyeji chickens, you must get your kienyeji chicken housing right to ensure that your...
For Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju's Dari Coffee and Garden Restaurant has been auctioned. According to a report that appeared in the Standard Newspaper, the upmarket restaurant got a buyer in early October at a price of Sh. 450 million.
The...
One of the world's largest banks, JPMorgan Chase, is set to make an entry into Kenya. The American banking giant has received an approval from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to open a representative office in Kenya.
"The JPMorgan...
One of the worst nightmares of chicken farmers in many parts of the world, including Kenya, is the Newcastle chicken disease, which is caused by the Newcastle disease virus.
The infection is generally referred to as Newcastle, named after the...
Kenya’s job market is changing rapidly. While unemployment remains high, professionals with specialized skills in technology, healthcare, finance, engineering,...
