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County gives farmers 7,000 coffee seedlings - FarmKenya Initiative
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Baringo Rhino charge raises Sh140m
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THE STANDARD
NORTH EASTERN
The government has placed three counties on a watch list for possible severe drought.
Marsabit, Turkana and Mandera counties have not had rains for several months and helpless pastoralists have lost livestock.
The government has expanded its Hunger Safety Network programme to more counties to cushion more than 3,000 families affected by drought.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa admitted that the drought was taking its toll on the country due to failed rains in the last one year. The CS said projection by the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) painted a grim picture, with fear that more counties could be affected.
THE STANDARD
MONEY & CAREERS
A woman waits to sell honey to customers at Koriema market in Baringo. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]
As a car approaches, they assume the posture of athletes at the starting blocks, except they don’t wait for the firing shot.
As it draws near, they dash onto the road risking limb and life, oblivious of the dangers that could pose. It is survival of the fittest.
They have benefitted from the bumps on the Nakuru-Marigat-Kabarnet road, which slow down traffic and as if on cue, the drivers also stop.
The sellers swoon around the car displaying their handful wares; the golden shade of honey gleaming in the hot, bright Baringo sun.
Women go against tradition, venture into honey business
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