Pakistan imports of Kenya tea rise 11pc HILARY KIMUYU
Tea purchases by Pakistan, Kenya’s largest buyer of the product, rose by 11.4 percent to Sh3.9 billion in the first four months of the year. The increase in value comes at a time when Kenya is experiencing one of the worst price declines in the last 10 years, attributed to lower demand for the beverage in the global market.
An industry performance report from the Tea Directorate shows that Pakistan accounted for 26 percent of the total exports in the period. The total export volume for the period was 202.75 million kilogrammes, 18 percent higher compared to the172.43 million kilos exported in the corresponding period last year.
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Kenyan School Helps Teenage Mothers Forced out of Classes
February 11, 2021
FILE - Serene Haven secondary school founder Elizabeth Wanjiru talks to Josephine Wanjiru, 19, who carries her child outside a dormitory at the Serene Haven secondary school, accommodating pregnant girls and teenage mothers with their babies in Nyeri, Kenya January 20, 2021.
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The Serene Haven private school in central Kenya is giving teenage mothers and pregnant girls a second chance to finish their education.
Many of the girls, between the ages of 13 and 19, were forced out of their local schools.
In a normal year, about 13,000 pregnant girls are forced to stop going to school, government research shows. That is likely to increase this year.
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A swarm of desert locust on a tree in a farm at Rwanyange in North Imenti, Meru County. The locusts have invaded different parts of the county, with residents expressing desperation as huge areas of crops are devoured. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]
The government has downplayed claims that it does not have adequate funds to combat the second invasion of locusts.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said the current cash shortage in government will not affect its plans to tackle the problem.
“We have adequate funding from last year’s budget to tackle this menace. The delayed disbursement of money by the national government will not affect our efforts in this war, we are adequately prepared,” he said.
Shoprite to quit Kenya January after Sh3bn loss
Thursday December 31 2020
By OTIATO GUGUYU
Summary
The retailer has notified Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers that it will shut its head office in January ending its two years of operations in Kenya.
The retailer has closed its four outlets in Westgate Mall, Garden City, Karen branch and the City Mall branch in Nyali, Mombasa and shed hundreds of jobs after its local operations suffered underperformance.
Shoprite has written redundancy letters to its last workers stating the business is no longer viable having suffered a loss of Sh3.2 billion this year.
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