Kenya: Kibos Sugar to Generate Own Power
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Kibos Sugar company plans to diversify its products to include ethanol, paper, and electricity, according to its chairman Sukwinder Chathe.
He said they plan to invest more than Sh4.8 billion to undertake the diversification programme. The projects will begin next year. “We have agreed with a financier who will do all this, for us, †he said in Kisumu.
Kenya: Court Allows West Kenya to Harvest Cane
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THE high Court in Kakamega has allowed West Kenya Sugar Company to harvest and transport sugarcane from the disputed Busia zone.
Justice Said Chitembwe suspended the orders he issued on November 7 barring West Kenya
Africa gets $10m boost for agricultural entrepreneurs
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A US$10 million grant to support the development of Africa-based innovations to boost African agricultural growth has been announced by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
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MSU uses $7.8 million grant to improve farming in Africa
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University researchers will use a $7.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help eight African nations improve their sustainable farming methods.
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Kisumu water problem set to end
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It is a case of water everywhere but no lean water to drink.
According to the Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (KIWASCO) Managing Director Eng David Onyango only 42 percent of the City’s estimated populations of over 500,000 people are able to have access to piped
