The Plug Mtaani business competition programme for youth in Kenya will award Sh10 million to the overall winner. The program aims to train and capacity-build young entrepreneurs to generate innovative and sustainable business ideas, addressing the 61% of unemployed youth. The first runner-up will receive Sh5 million, while the second runner-up will receive Sh2.5 million. The consortium, working with the Ministry of Trade and the Kenya Investment Authority, plans to use up to Sh130 million to train, capacity-build, and award youths from all counties within the next 10 years. The programme will have three components: training on innovation, packaging business plans, and coaching on scaling up plans. From next year, Plug Mtaani will take investors to every county to pitch their ideas, providing financial and mentorship support. The program aims to impact over 200,000 livelihoods directly or indirectly across Kenya.
The National Assembly is set to approve several Cabinet resolutions, including the deployment of troops to Haiti. National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah said Parliament will consider these proposals, ensuring due process and avoiding conflict with the Constitution. He emphasized that Kenya’s current economic hardships cannot allow extra spending on a foreign peacekeeping mission. Ichung’wah also praised the move as it would provide police officers with more experience and skills. The United Nations Security Council approved the deployment of a multinational security mission to curb gang violence in Haiti. A total of Sh 10 million was raised during a fund drive.
Kenya Good Neighbors, an International Humanitarian and Development Non-Governmental Organization, has trained 500 coffee farmers from Kururumwe Cooperative Society in Manyatta Constituency, Embu, to improve production and income. The five-month-long training, facilitated by Kenya Good Neighbors, covered key areas such as soil fertility, coffee plant nutrition, primary processing, quality assessment, and coffee tree canopy management. The training also covered disease, insects, pest control, and understanding the coffee value chain. The project aims to improve coffee quality, leading to higher prices and increased farmers’ benefits. The training also strengthens bilateral relationships between Kenya and Korea, with plans to carry out similar projects in other coffee growing regions.
is establishing an urban observatory using smart city components to facilitate data collection, analysis, and evidence-based decision-making. The initiative, implemented through the Directorate of Urban Development and City Management, aims to make the world’s data more understandable and useful. The observatory is an interactive exhibit that compares maps of cities worldwide, aiming to make the world’s data more understandable. The city manager emphasized the importance of observatories in formulating policies, involving people in decisions, compiling data, and ensuring data availability. The UN-Habitat estimates that two-thirds of the world’s population will reside in urban areas over the next five years.
Narok County leaders have urged the National Government to expedite the completion of two multi-million project in Transmara, Kenya. The Kilgoris-Lolgorian Road and Kilgoris-Lolgorian Water Supply and Sanitation Projects, funded by the Kenyan government and the African Development Bank, are set to serve 12,000 households. Despite visits and assurances from senior government officials, the project has not been completed. The leaders are concerned about the poor road infrastructure and lack of water in Transmara, a popular tourism hub. Governor Patrick Ole Ntutu has held talks with Roads Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, expressing optimism for a lasting solution.
Over thirty Nyumba Kumi community policing members from the Kiahuria location in Witethie, Thika Sub-County, have received a two-day community policing training organized by Zetech University. The training focused on leadership, conflict resolution, community policing, and customer service excellence. The training was facilitated by the School of Education, Arts and Sciences Dean Prof. Owen Ngumi, in collaboration with Assistant County Commissioner Ms. Cecilia Mwangi and Chief Kiahuria location Mr. John Wainaina. The training aimed to improve community policing efforts, particularly in tackling rampant crime and drug abuse among the youth. Hospital administrator John Njuguna also expressed the improvement in community policing, particularly among the youth, with the support of administration and religious leaders. The training concluded with a certificate award ceremony for the participants.
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