Early Marriage in the Suba Community
By Paul Odhiambo, DevReporter, Homa Bay County
Over the years, the issue of early marriage has been a great challenge to many communities and countries around the globe. In some contexts, young girls are married off early as part of custom practices while for others, it is to get wealth in terms...
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...
Silent Scars: How Residents of Mwiki are Coping with Trauma After Waves of Violence and Loss
By Vivian Njagi, DevReporter, Nairobi Count
Key Highlights
Protests over poor service delivery, clashes with police, and the tragic loss of young lives have left the Mwiki community struggling with trauma that is difficult to heal.
Reports of inhumane conduct and brutal killings languish in police files without resolution.
There is an urgent need for...
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...
Giants Fall: Why the Fall of Mogumo Trees in Endebess; Toroso, Matters to the Sabaot Community
By Emanuel Kipkorir Tarus, DevReporter, Trans Nzoia County
Key Highlights
The Mugumo tree is regarded sacred
Two Mugumo trees fell down in Trans Nzoia, Bungoma
Elders unsettled by the incidents, plan rituals
49 bulls set to be slaughtered to cleanse the community
For the Sabaot community living in Trans Nzoia and Bungoma counties, the Mugumo...