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Agriculture
Kenya agriculture news: farmers, food security, livestock, crops and agribusiness. County and national farming updates.
KPA sweeps eight first-place trophies at Kisumu Show as lake port logs 144 calls
At Mamboleo Showground, KPA took eight first-place categories presented by Kisumu DG Mathew Owili, while Port of Kisumu reported 144 vessel calls year-to-date and 42,359 tonnes of export cargo in June alone — with Uganda still the top transit market.
Gazette shifts: Mabonga takes EPRA chair as Adan Haji Ali moves to PBO Authority
A 24 July 2026 Gazette made former Bumula MP Moses Mabonga EPRA’s non-executive chair for three years, shifted Adan Haji Ali to the PBO Regulatory Authority under Murkomen, and put Faith Akiru Kuno on the EPRA board as energy reforms continue after Daniel Kiptoo’s exit.
Expert: ‘local’ agro-inputs often cost more than direct imports
Peter Karanja of Mazao na Afya / Agrilife says farmers often pay more for ‘local’ agro-inputs than for direct imports because many products are imported, repackaged and multi-layered before the agrovet shelf — arguing real local manufacturing, not rebranding, would cut prices.
Gathuthi Tea Factory gets Sh65.2m grant for modernisation
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe has presented a Sh65.2 million government grant to Gathuthi Tea Factory for equipment modernisation — a factory-level cash injection growers will judge by leaf prices, downtime hours and whether the money buys machines or ceremonies.
Coffee revitalisation in North Rift aims to triple production by 2030
The government has launched a Coffee Revitalisation Programme in the North Rift aimed at tripling production by 2030 — a bold yield target that will succeed only if seedlings, extension, factory governance and farmer payments move together.
KTDA to import 1.9 million bags of fertiliser for smallholder tea farmers
The Kenya Tea Development Agency plans to import 1.9 million bags of NPK fertiliser for more than 750,000 smallholder tea farmers ahead of the season — a logistics and trust test as growers already argue over levies, factory deductions and who actually receives the bags.
Kagwe defends tea levy as farmer uptake hits 93 percent
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe is defending the tea levy after uptake reached about 93 per cent, dismissing claims that the charge is crippling farmers and arguing most growers are already complying.
Senate Agriculture Committee flags delays blocking Sh9.44bn county grants
The Senate Agriculture Committee has raised alarm over delays blocking about Sh9.44 billion in county grants, warning low absorption and late disbursement hurt farmers and raise financing costs.
Williamson and Kapchorua pay UK parent Sh582m in royalties and dividends
Tea firms Williamson and Kapchorua paid about Sh582 million in royalties and dividends to a UK parent even as earnings pressure forced use of retained earnings for some distributions.