Listen It can be a lucrative business but also fraught with many challenges, experts say. A minimum of 300 layers is the least number one should keep to make good commercial sense. This could fetch you up to Sh700,000 a year, while having 1,000 layers can rake in Sh2.4million a year. However, this business can […]
Listen Kuku Farm is a 15-minute drive from Naivasha town and is a leading hatchery for indigenous chicken in Nakuru County. n an area best known for flower farming, this state-of-the-art chicken hatchery comes as a pleasant surprise. Located on a seven-acre farm in the Karati area is a multimillion-shilling poultry investment by veterinarian Tony […]
Listen A plan by Rose Wambui’s mother to keep her busy and away from bad company after primary school by buying her three hens worth Ksh1,500 unwittingly sowed the seeds for a succesful poultry venture Little did this youthful mother know that she was ushering her daughter into a profitable mini-business that today earns her […]
Listen Residents of Marigat were for a long time trapped in a cycle of poverty. At the centre of it were tsetse flies tat rendered the green pastures useless and livestock keeping almost futile. Tsetse flies had literally killed the main economic activity, livestock keeping. The story changed tune when the government rolled out a […]
Listen Pastoralists in faraway Mandera County in the north-east of the country have never been happier. Tales of drought, starvation and official neglect are gradually giving way to prosperity. And believe it or not, what is changing the fortunes of the people in the region is something many consider a nuisance – grass. In 2008/2009, […]
Listen Michael Wanyoike took up pig farming as a last resort, but through trial and error and his sheer determination to learn, Kongoni Pig Farm is a key supplier to leading meat processor Farmers Choice. He was a greenhorn then. Today, however, he is a self-taught expert whose work is attracting national attention. In the […]
Listen Mama Ngina Kenyatta (born Ngina Muhoho) is Kenya’s earliest First Lady and the widow of the late founding father of Kenya, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. She and Mzee Jomo Kenyatta had four children, among them Kenya’s fourth President. This makes her the only woman in history to have been wife to a President […]
Listen Margaret Kenyatta is the First Lady of the Republic of Kenya. She is married to Kenya’s 4th President, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. A trained teacher by profession, she attended Kianda School in Nairobi before proceeding to Kenyatta University where she pursued her Bachelor’s degree in Education. Born on 8 April 1964, she is the daughter […]
Listen Tabitha Karanja is Forbes Africa’s 2014 Woman Entrepreneur of the year. She is the first female brewery owner, a journey that saw her wrestle with a multinational brewer that had enjoyed eight decades of monopoly in Kenya. Her company, Keroche Breweries, is a multi-billion shilling industry that employs hundreds of Kenyans and produces pocket-friendly […]
Listen Winnie Gitau is the founder and executive director of Winnie’s Pure Health, a company producing, packaging and selling natural food products such as herbal teas, brown rice and honey. She is a lawyer by training and runs a successful consulting company. After attending a health workshop in the United States, she became a strong […]