It is my great pleasure to join all of you in celebrating the 45th Madaraka Day. Forty-five years ago, on the historic day of 1st June,1963, we assumed responsibility as Kenyans, in managing the affairs of our Government ...

Reducing poverty is a primary focus of public policy in most developing countries, a fact that is underscored by the recent emphasis on the formulation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) by African governments, ...

Agriculture plays a critical role in the Kenyan economy. The sector contributes approximately 34.2 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product and employs over 60 per cent of the population of which 70 per cent are ...

Ensuring adequate and nutritional access to food for a growing population is a major concern globally. In Kenya, the national development blueprint Vision 2030 and the Agriculture Sector Development Support Programme ...

Over the years, a number of policies have been designed and implemented to ensure agriculture continues to play an important role in economic development. This paper discusses the policies that have guided the ...

Transforming smallholder agriculture from subsistence production to commercialized agriculture, remain a key policy concern for developing countries such as Kenya. Although great efforts have been made to promote comm ...

A Sessional paper on a Government Guarantee of three Loans to Nzoia Sugar Company Limited by the following financial institutions: Export Import Bank of the Government of the United States of America amounting to Nineteen ...

The Guaranteed Minimum Returns System that was introduced by Government in 1942 as a Short-term Agricultural Credit for large scale wheat and maize growers has, over the years, en­countered serious repayment problems. ...

The Kenya Tea Development Authority is a statutory body established by the Agriculture (Kenya Tea Development Authority) Order, 1964. The Order provides that Kenya Tea Development Authority will acquire, operate or ...

The Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) aims to enhance access to agricultural finance by women across the agricultural value chains by increasing agricultural loans advanced to women to approximately Ksh 1.4 million ...