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The monopolistic tariffs enjoyed by the country's largest grain handling company were never approved by the government as required by the law, a Mombasa court heard on Wednesday.
Kasim Befunza, 54 got the idea of fish farming and particularly cat fish from Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu as he travelled from Entebbe to Kampala. In 2003 Befunza had gone to Kampala to look for employment and as he roamed the city he came across the breeding centre at Maj Gen Muntu's ponds in Kajjansi where he breeds cat fish fingerings for export.
The down trend in activity on the Nigerian Stock Exchange persisted yesterday with the twin equity indicators-market capitalisation and all share index sliding by 1.9 per cent.
When Jack Bigirwa died, coffee farmers in Bushenyi district thought it was the end of coffee farming and processing in the district.
Parents in Tiira parish in Busitema sub-county, Busia district have withdrawn over 500 of their children from school to work in gold mines. Busitema sub-county LC3 chairperson Tom Etaru Ekisa told The New Vision in an interview recently that the children, both in primary and secondary school, were employed in the Tiira gold fields.
The volume and value of rice exports from Uganda have registered a gradual growth since 2004.
A strong rally in commodity prices could help put Kenya's economy back on the growth path, analysts said even as they warned of persistent risk of imported inflation from the steady surge in the prices of key imports such as oil.
The country expects to earn up to Sh67 billion from tea exports this year surpassing its 2008 earnings.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded a turnover of 1.95 billion shares worth N11.4 billion in 30,579 deals last week.
THE information minister, Kabakumba Masiko, has told the people of Bunyoro to stop growing tobacco, saying it was no longer a profitable venture.
Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. "This is a different year," she smiles, hurriedly greeting other women farmers at the centre. For them, the story is the same: blessings in times of calamity.
The President of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh has decided to relieve Momodou A Cham commonly known as Kotu Cham of his cabinet appointment with effect from yesterday, 27th October 2009, and appointed Mr Jato Sillah as minister of Forestry and the Environment with immediate effect, a press release from the Office of the President revealed.
WORKERS in the coffee industry are to be equipped with coffee processing skills by a USAID project.
Born 60 years ago, Mugisha Elly never knew that his love for bees would turn into an income generating activity. At an early age, he started by harvesting wild honey combs, a habit that developed into a passion down in Bushenyi District, where he was born.
Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians.
Over 40 workers from coffee processing industries have undergone training to improve their skills in ballista, coffee roasting and blending.
Consumer prices of Kenya's staple foods are expected to remain high for the rest of the year despite heavy rains, analysts said citing the steep drop in the volume of cereals being traded in the regional market.
The Ghana Trade and Livelihoods Coalition (GTLC) recently launched a report in Accra titled, "Unleashing the Shea potential - A baseline data analysis", which paints a promising but neglected picture of the Shea industry.
A participant I was seated by got angry at a point and moaned to my hearing that nature has been too kind to the dark skinned loud-mouthed dwellers of sub-Saharan Africa; such that they have been overwhelmed and cannot use the abundant natural resources like the Shea nut to better their lot.
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has concluded arrangements to further diversify its operations into other key sectors of the economy, announcing its plans to set up a sugar refinery in the near future.
Huge debts and a raft of legal tussles threaten to delay efforts to privatise sugar factories in western Kenya.
Tanzania Gatsby Trust (TGT) has launched a special programme which is set to increase the cotton production capacity to 1,500,000 bales by the year 2015 from the currently 700,000 bales.
Smallholder tea growers have a smile in theirs faces following an injection of Tsh10 billion (US$9 million) into the tea sector.
THE Cotton Ginners' Association will soon start implementing the provisions of new cotton legislation that bars side marketing.
The Senate has expressed its determination to ensure that flour mills live up to Federal Government's expectations regarding local content and would ensure that they are protected from unhealthy operating environment.
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