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Dusty, no toilets: Kitengela stadium limits youth potential and inclusion

By Christine Wangoi, DevReporter, Kajiado County  Highlights Kitengela Stadium sits on approximately five acres. It is the only public playing field serving the rapidly growing town. The stadium has no toilets, changing rooms or spectator facilities. It also hosts community events such as medical camps and children’s immunisation outreaches. In August 2025, Kenya co-hosted the...

Trans Nzoia Women Ditch Maize for Poultry, Profits: From 20 chicks to 2,000: How small-scale farmers are rewriting their economic future

By Kipkorir Tarus, DevReporter, Trans Nzoia County Key Highlights Trans Nzoia women ditch maize farming, embrace poultry Poultry farming more profitable than maize farming Mortality, animal feed and lack of markets termed major challenges to poultry farming County Government of Trans Nzoia supports poultry farming, builds value addition factory Every dawn in Mitoto village, Trans...

Kajiado women turn communal beading into profitable enterprise

By Christine Wangoi, DevReporter, Kajiado County Quick facts about beadwork. It is majorly done by women, because they the one who ordinarily remain at home to look after the children It is a cultural leisure activity passed to women and a way of ensuring that a woman is always busy It has now turned into...

How Farmers in Kajiado Manage Livestock Populations and Combat Climate Change amid Shrinking Pastureland

By Christine Wangoi, DevReporter, Kajiado County In the arid plains of Kajiado, herders are developing innovative strategies to control the breeding of goats and sheep, addressing the dual challenges of climate change and shrinking pastureland. Farmers have created a handmade plastic sheath that fits snugly around the belly of a buck or ram, just before the...

Breaking the Silence: Busia Youth Confront Pornography’s Hidden Scars

By Philip Barasa, DeveReporter, Busia County Key Highlights Rising smartphone access in Busia is fueling youth exposure to pornography, with NACADA surveys showing over 30% of adolescents affected. Early exposure, often by age 14, has led to addiction-like behaviors and damaging effects on self-esteem and relationships. Girls face unique harm, including body image struggles...

Why Soil Testing Could Transform Kenya’s Food Security Agenda

By Kipkorir Tarus, DevReporter, Trans Nzoia County Key Highlights Many farmers in Kenya are unaware of the importance of soil testing and believe it to be too costly. Soil testing assesses nutrient levels, pH, crop suitability, and provides soil-specific fertilizer recommendations. The government, through Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), is currently testing and...

Chang’aa: The Illicit Brew Tied to Survival and Struggle in Busia County

By Philip Barasa, DevReporter, Busia County Key Highlights Rising unemployment among youth has fuelled a surge in changaa consumption, as many turn to cheap alcohol to escape boredom and hopelessness. Local women speak out on how changaa has torn families apart, contributing to domestic violence and neglect within households. Residents accuse some law enforcement...

Rural Communities Enjoy Fruits of the Shamba System

By Emanuel Kipkorir Tarus, DevReporter, Trans Nzoia County Key highlights Shamba system introduced by colonial government It aims to afforest degraded plantations One has to be a member of CFA to be allocated a forest plot It is not applicable in indigenous forests It is implemented by the Kenya Forest...
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