Kibaki and Ruto in secret talks
News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Cabinet minister William Ruto has been holding private consultations with President Kibaki over implementation of the Waki Report
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Ruto seeks cash to buy more maize
News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Agriculture Minister William Ruto announced he will push for more money to be allocated for importation of bags of maize
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Reprieve for the poor as maize meal price cut
News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... bag of maize for Sh1,950. Previously, the same bag cost Sh1,700.According to Agriculture minister William Ruto, the new maize meal brand will be of the same quality as the other regular brands.Millers also agreed to dedicate between 30 per cent and 40 per cent of their milling capacity grind the new brand for the National Cereals and Produce Board.They will charge the board Sh200...
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Maize flour price to go down after crisis talks
News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... Sh48.Among those who attended the meeting were Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Agriculture minister William Ruto, Special Programmes minister Naomi Shaaban, Permanent Secretaries Joseph Kinyua and Romano Kiome and National Cereals and Produce Board boss Gideon Misoi.The PM warned that food prices had become a serious crisis that “has all the makings of a catastrophe”.Millers were in...
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Wananchi: Sell flour at Sh40
News (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Agriculture minister William Ruto sat through the ceremony as Cabinet colleagues and MPs warned of dire consequences should the Government fail to lower the price of maize flour. And when Mr Ruto rose to speak, the crowd demanded that the price of maize flour should be reduced from the current Sh120 to Sh40.
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Households despair as hunger stalks
News (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... The price of fertiliser shot up from Sh1,700 to Sh6,000 a bag before Agriculture minister William Ruto intervened and offered subsidies.Last week, the Cabinet authorised the release to millers of 700,000 bags of maize from the National Cereals Produce Board strategic reserve. The Cabinet also approved the importation of 5 million bags. Agricultural economists at Egerton University’s...
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New price of maize flour yet to be decided
News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... meet next week for the details,” said Mr Lalji.Strategic reserveOn Thursday, Agriculture minister William Ruto said during Friday’s meeting the Government was to consult and agree with millers on the price maize flour would be sold to consumers. He noted that this was because the millers would from Friday collect the maize at a price of Sh1,700 per 90kg bag. The maize is from the...
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Sell grain to millers, NCPB told
News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
While making the announcement, Agriculture minister William Ruto also announced that the Inter-Ministerial Food Security Cabinet Committee would meet today to consult and agree with the millers on the selling price of maize flour to consumers.
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Kanu strives for regional balance at the top
News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... Dalmas Otieno and Nambale MP Chris Okemo, who held the same position, and Agriculture minister William Ruto, who was the secretary general.Agriculture assistant minister Gideon Ndambuki, who was Kanu’s organising secretary, jumped ship to ODM-Kenya.On Thursday, Mr Otieno was replaced by Education minister Sam Ongeri, nominated MP Amina Abdalla took Mr Okemo’s position, and Mr Salat...
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Cabinet meets today over Waki report and food crisis
News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The Cabinet meets on Thursday to discuss the Waki report, whose findings have sent ripples across the political divide.Related Stories The maize crisis that has seen the price of a two-kilo packet of maize meal rise from Sh48 in December last year to Sh120 currently, is also expected to feature prominently.Agriculture minister William Ruto said on Thursday that he will seek Cabinet approval...
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75 per cent against early campaigns
News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... candidate likely to receive a high backing in the next General Election is Agriculture minister William Ruto (10 per cent), followed by Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta (seven per cent).Yet to declareMr Odinga, Mr Musyoka, Mr Ruto and Mr Kenyatta have yet to declare whether they will run in the next General Election.But they all beat Ms Karua, who has repeatedly declared...
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New team to drive pyrethrum sector
News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The Government has made major changes in the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya and the Cotton Development Authority in an effort to revive the moribund industries.Agriculture minister William Ruto removed PBK’s managing director Joseph Ikahu and appointed a three-member “Change Management Team” to oversee the restructuring of the once vibrant and profitable pyrethrum sub-sector.Mr Ruto...
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Kenya food crisis worsens
News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
The country is in a serious food crisis, with only 1.2 million bags of maize remaining as strategic reserves instead of the usual four to six million bags, the Government has announced.And the current high price of maize flour could only come down after two to three weeks, Agriculture minister William Ruto said on Tuesday.Addressing journalists after a meeting with millers at his Kilimo...
