Bizna Reporter

Bungoma-based Nzoia Sugar Company is facing imminent closure. According to the company's acting managing director Michael Kulundu, the sugar miller has been crippled by sugar cane poaching and the on-going drought. Mr. Kulunda says that neighbouring sugar millers have been  illegally harvesting...

Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) has finally announced that it will be paying about 100,000 dairy farmers millions of shillings owed to them. The company, since renamed New KCC, will settle the debts in two phases. The first payment starts end of...

BY GEORGE MBAKAYA When rains come, farmers rejoice because it is a good thing. But even with this blessing called rains, there’s a downside. Excessive moisture can cause a number of problems for gardeners — crop diseases. Most diseases caused by...

NIC Bank has posted reduced profits for the full year ended December 2016. The bank saw its net profits fall by 3.4 per cent as bad loans continued to pile. Net profit stood at Sh4.3 billion in the year compared...

There is no doubt that sports betting in Kenya have become one of the fastest growing industries, with at least five million Kenyans engaging in it over the last five years. And while the betting phenomenon has come with...

BY MEDIAMAX In Muburi, Kamwana area, a small village in Kirinyaga county, if you walk past the coffee fields, you’ll find women farmers sitting in a circle keenly listening. Lydia Muthoni, 35, is doing what she loves most, talking to women...

Kenol Kobil has posted improved profitability for the full year ended December 2016. The oil marketer posted a 20 per cent growth to see its profits stand at Sh. 2.4 billion compared to Sh. 2 billion the year before. Sales jumped 19.5 per...

Author Unknown Lesson 1: Buying real estate off plan is generally not a good idea. If the investment opportunity is compelling and you must buy off plan, buy from a company that has a track record. A company that has actually...

Local supermarkets have denied that they owe suppliers sh. 40 billion. Speaking through the Retail Trade Association of Kenya (RTAK), the supermarkets claimed that the amount they owe is much lower than what suppliers are currently demanding. “The Principal Secretary for Trade...

The first locally-bred hybrid rice seed that will boost harvests by over 65 per cent is set to be available to farmers from next week. Western Kenya Afritec Seeds Ltd Manager Ken Asango said 10 tonnes of the seed dubbed AT058...