Kenya plans to regain its position as the world’s biggest exporter of pyrethrum, a flower used to make insecticide, by allowing private producers to grow the crop, the Pyrethrum Regulatory Authority ...

As President Mwai Kibaki's two terms in office enter home stretch, one of the unfinished businesses in agriculture that will continue to haunt the outgoing government is lack of total commitment in ...

Nairobi — The more than Sh600 million owed to Pyrethrum farmers in the country will be cleared by next month, Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Cooperative Patrick Khaemba has said. He said the ...

Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK) pensioners, led by their chairman Samuel Ainda (centre) address the press in Nakuru on May 9, 2023, over their pending arrears. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard] ...

Pius Chirchir, the State House deputy director of programmes, public policy and president’s priority initiatives, is accused of improper use of public office to confer a benefit. “The suspect demanded ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mismanagement of Kenya's once globally dominant pyrethrum industry has dealt a harsh blow to the ...