President Kenyatta Opens The New Trade And Development Bank Tower
From Statehouse.go.ke and Twitter/@StateHouseKenya President Uhuru Kenyatta today opened the new permanent premises of the Trade and Development Bank. The
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Shipbuilding At The Core Of Kenya’s Manufacturing Agenda, President Kenyatta Says
From Twitter/@SttateHouseKenya and president.go.ke President Uhuru Kenyatta has underscored the importance of shipbuilding to the manufacturing pillar of the country’s
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CJ Meets with CS East African Community and Regional Development
From CJ Martha Koome from Twitter/@CJMarthaKoome Held discussions with the Cabinet Secretary for East African Community and Regional Development Adan
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Global Foreign Ministers Meet on COVID 19 and the Threat to Global Economy
From Twitter/@ForeignOfficeKE Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amb. Raychelle Omamo participated at the Covid-19 Foreign Ministerial virtual meeting presided over by
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New Initiative to Benefit 2500 Medium and Small Business in Kisumu
By Gloria Simiyu From kisumu.go.ke The county government through the department of Business trade and Markets in partnership with the
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From Twitter/@StateHouseKenya During this year’s Mashujaa Day national celebrations held at Wang’uru Stadium in Kirinyaga County, His Excellency the President
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Kitui County Signs MOU with USAID East Africa
From Governor of Machakos Charity Ngilu via Twitter/@mamangilu We are pleased to enter into an MOU between the USAID East
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National and County Governments Resolve to Develop a Single Levy Agreement for Traders
The cost of doing business in the country could be headed for a drastic reduction after the National and County Governments agreed in principle to eliminate multiple levies and fees charged on goods transported across counties. A consultative forum between the Cabinet committee on National Government development and the Council of Governors resolved to restrict such charges to the county of origin essentially saving traders and businesses from numerous CESS and other fees currently levied by county governments.
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Women, Youth and People with Disability to Access 24M In Revolving Fund
Over 70 small businesses are set to benefit from the 24 million funds currently available to be shared among 13 groups in each of the 35 wards. The 7-day training under the theme ‘ empowering and transforming the vulnerable communities’, started with the Nyando sub-county and is set to be accomplished across the county with each day training set one sub-county.
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Coffee Roasting Machine Boosts Farmers’ Earnings
Coffee farmers from Mwirua Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Kirinyaga County are now making a significant extra coin from roasted coffee after the county government provided them with value addition equipment. The 14,000-member society received a coffee roaster, a grinder and a packaging machine that now enables them roast, package and sell their own coffee to local residents.
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