A Kenyan woman resident of the Kibera slum buys milk from a vendor in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 20, 2012. Butter and milk are staples that are increasingly scarce in Kenya, where a drought-induced ...

Their initiative, which focuses on growing traditional vegetables, is helping them strengthen cultural identity while addressing food insecurity and environmental challenges in one of Africa’s most ...

Residents of Kibos in Kisumu county salvage their properties after their house were demolished by the Kenya railways on February 6th 2021. [Collins oduor, Standard] The minority Nubian community has a ...

The realities of milk production are forcing dairy communities across the globe to rethink the dairy production process. In this episode, we travel to a village in Kenya where the commercialization of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The price of milk, a staple in many Kenyan households, is poised to rise significantly if the Finance Bill 2024 is enacted. This proposal introduces increased taxes on packaging materials, which ...

Kenya's dairy industry players are expecting the government to abolish value-added tax (VAT) charged on milk and its products so as to increase sales volumes locally. As a key player in the industry, ...

• The dairy sub-sector contributes about four per cent to the country’s GDP and supports more than 1.8 million smallholder farmers. • At over four billion litres cow milk annually, Kenya’s dairy ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Got milk? Pass the butter? Not in Kenya, where both of those staples are increasingly scarce because a drought-induced dairy shortage is wreaking havoc on the milk, butter and ...