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Report more on biotechnology issues, science journalists urged

Science journalists who are interested in covering biotechnology are advised to read widely and engage closely with scientists and policymakers.

By Hellen Miseda 11 months ago

Report more on biotechnology issues, science journalists urged

Push to raise tax on tobacco items as youth hooked on e-cigarettes

Push to raise tax on tobacco items as youth hooked on e-cigarettes

By Hellen Miseda 1 year ago

National Taxpayers Association calls for heavy taxation on e-cigarette

National Taxpayers Association calls for heavy taxation on e-cigarette

By Hellen Miseda 1 year ago

Six top issues that Africa team is pushing for at COP27 in Egypt

Six top issues that Africa team is pushing for at COP27 in Egypt

By Hellen Miseda 2 years ago

Shujaa thrash Jamaica 45-0 to storm Commonwealth Games quarterfinals

Kenya Sevens on Friday evening thrashed Jamaica 45-0 at Coventry Stadium in Birmingham to storm into the quarterfinals of the 2022 Commonwealth Games sevens rugby

By Hellen Miseda 2 years ago

Shujaa thrash Jamaica 45-0 to storm Commonwealth Games quarterfinals

Vihiga County recognised for its climate action plans

Vihiga Climate Fund Act 2019 (amended in 2020), policies and regulations that set up the legal framework for a stable foundation for climate-related investments.

By Hellen Miseda 2 years ago

Vihiga County recognised for its climate action plans

Ottichilo: Kenya, the counties are walking the talk on climate action

We lack goodwill. We have the laws, now 33 counties have passed Climate Change Act. We need political and individual goodwill.

By Lynet Otieno and Hellen Miseda 2 years ago

Ottichilo: Kenya, the counties are walking the talk on climate action

Kenya signs key agreements at COP26 conference

The Kenyan delegation is making significant progress at COP26, as it presents Kenya’s climate action progress plans at the global platform.

By Hellen Miseda 3 years ago

Kenya signs key agreements at COP26 conference

Kenya signs key agreements at climate conference

World leaders signed the Glasgow leaders declaration on forest and land use.

By Hellen Miseda 3 years ago

Kenya signs key agreements at climate conference

Biggest sticking points for Kenya at climate change conference

Developing countries want to have an in-depth discussion on the institutional arrangements

By Hellen Miseda 3 years ago

Biggest sticking points for Kenya at climate change conference

Rural women farmers need support

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, women comprise 43 per cent of the world’s agricultural labour force.

By Hellen Miseda 3 years ago

Rural women farmers need support

Farming in the giant steps of legend Eliud Kipchoge

Within his maxim, ‘no human is limited,’ Eliud Kipchoge hopes to scale the heights of fame in farming too.

By Jonathan Komen and Hellen Miseda 4 years ago

Farming in the giant steps of legend Eliud Kipchoge

Obachi Machoka: My highs and lows farming in arid land

Veteran broadcaster shares the journey of setting up the now famous Fred’s Ranch, a classy 15-acre ranch that has hosted high profile guests

By Hellen Miseda 4 years ago

Obachi Machoka: My highs and lows farming in arid land

Meet the professor of indigenous vegetables

Through Prof Mary Abukutsa’s efforts, mrenda, kunde, managu, saget and kanzira previously considered weeds are today recognised as rich food.

By Jacob Ng’etich and Hellen Miseda 6 years ago

Meet the professor of indigenous vegetables

Agri apps, toys that stole limelight at digital forum

From the young to the old, farmers flocked the Kalro headquarters to learn what digital farming is all about

By Hellen Miseda 6 years ago

Agri apps, toys that stole limelight at digital forum

I left a posh Paris job for Moringa farm

Pray, what would make a gorgeous, high-flying woman who has the world at her feet to leave a posh and fulfilling marketing job in the bewitching city of Paris to come work in a remote farm in a little known village in Msambweni, Kwale County, where poverty reigns?

By Hellen Miseda 7 years ago

I left a posh Paris job for Moringa farm

Innovations galore at Nairobi ASK show

The Nairobi International Trade Fair was a mix of everything. To attract traffic to their sites, the exhibitors — from the universities, to the parastatals to corporates and SMEs — used all creative tactics.

By Hellen Miseda 8 years ago

Innovations galore at Nairobi ASK show

Magic that brought life in a ‘desert’

Chocking dust. Blazing sun. Withered vegetation. That is the rude welcome one receives as they drive to Mama Phylis Matampash and her husband Kenny Matampash’s farm deep in Kajiado County.

By Hellen Miseda 8 years ago

Magic that brought life in a ‘desert’

Vet’s gamble in kuku kienyeji pays off after ditching dream American job

What do you call a young promising Kenyan who leaves a flashy Diaspora life after less than 10 years to come back to Kenya to start a poultry farm? Crazy perhaps.

By Hellen Miseda 8 years ago

Vet’s gamble in kuku kienyeji pays off after ditching dream American job

State to work more closely with dairy farmers

The Government will work hand in hand with dairy farmers to boost their earnings, Deputy President William Ruto has said.

By Jacquline Mahugu and Hellen Miseda 8 years ago

State to work more closely with dairy farmers

Pampered cattle that enjoy pedicures, massages, cool baths

We find the more than 20 Holstein-Friesian cows listening to soothing classical music. On close observation, the animals look like they are having a blast, and they are lost in their own world.

By Hellen Miseda 8 years ago

Pampered cattle that enjoy pedicures, massages, cool baths

Rosemary Odinga on the good, the bad and the slimy of snail farming

Snail meat is tantalising and super nutritious. Before you say “yuck”, read on. Not only is the meat amazingly sweet (it tastes like fried gizzard dipped in butter) it has a high demand from the high-end market that is so huge; farmers who have ventured into it cannot satisfy that market

By Hellen Miseda 9 years ago

Rosemary Odinga on the good, the bad and the slimy of snail farming

Lovers' day offer at hotel causes fuss

Valentine’s Day – the global official lover’s day – is being celebrated tomorrow and it looks like all Kenyans – from the hustlers to the well-wheeled want a piece of that irresistible ‘Sh2.4 million a night presidential suite’ offer at Villa Rosa Kempinski.

By Hellen Miseda 9 years ago

Lovers' day offer at hotel causes fuss

Man seeks answers after wife's death in childbirth

In the last few months, the Government has, through the Ministry of Health, been on an all-out campaign to have pregnant women deliver their babies in hospitals.

By Hellen Miseda 9 years ago

Man seeks answers after wife's death in childbirth

Silent killer that 'loves' women

“When you survive this disease, know that God loves you.” Those are the words of Faith Joy Kiki, a medic at Nazareth Hospital.

By Hellen Miseda 10 years ago

Silent killer that 'loves' women

He was going to be a neurosurgeon, but cancer crashed his dream..

When a pupil scores straight As in their KCSE examinations under normal circumstances that's a bright student.

By Hellen Miseda 10 years ago

He was going to be a neurosurgeon, but cancer crashed his dream..

‘Naughty’ things that Kenyans are checking on Google

It is Easter and you would expect Kenyans to act holy. But that is not the case. A recent research by Google that checks quarterly trends paints a naughty picture.

By By HELLEN MISEDA 10 years ago

‘Naughty’ things that Kenyans are checking on Google

How doctors saved Baby Satrin’s life

As the world anxiously waited for the outcome of Baby Satrin Osinya’s operation, the team of doctors knew the hopes of the boy’s family and a whole nation rested on their shoulders, and that is why everything had to go right.

By Christine Koech and Hellen Miseda 10 years ago

How doctors saved Baby Satrin’s life

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