Malaria is a deadly disease that affects millions of people around the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths in 2012, mostly among children under five years old. However, global efforts to control and eliminate malaria have also saved an estimated 3.3 million lives since 2000, reducing malaria mortality rates by 42 per cent globally and 49 per cent in Africa. In Kenya, malaria prevalence varies across different regions and seasons. Some areas, such as Western Kenya, have high endemicity, meaning that malaria occurs throughout the year. Other areas,…
Author: David Indeje
David Indeje
David Indeje is the Community Engagement Editor at Khusoko, East Africa’s leading digital business news platform. He shapes editorial content, drives audience engagement, and amplifies diverse voices. Beyond journalism, he consults on digital strategy across agriculture, governance, technology, and health, while examining AI’s role in the future of media. He also serves as Communications Officer at KICTANet, advancing digital inclusion and policy dialogue.
The 2010-2014 Kenya Sugar Industry Strategic Plan needs to be reviewed to see what has been achieved and not in revamping and resuscitating the sugar industry.
Access to credit increases the farmer’s working capital enabling the farmers to buy productivity-enhancing inputs such as good quality seeds, fertilizers and chemicals.
Agriculture, being practised in all parts of the country, is regarded as the backbone of Kenya in terms of economic growth. People depend on agriculture not just for raw materials but also for their food supply. Food is necessary to satisfy hunger and to provide the necessary nutrients for healthy growth. With an expanding world population, the agricultural sector is under tremendous stress to increase its output. Each year governments allocate funding to the sector for sustainable development. However, they have struggled to bring about tangible changes in the sector. Climate change, rapid population growth, and urbanization present the most…
Western Kenya region residents depend on agriculture for their livelihood, yet sector inefficiency is widespread across the region and the rest of the country. Farmers cannot access reliable markets, buyers cannot access reliable markets, source adequate quantities of produce and intermediaries cannot cost-effectively provide services. The end result is supply chain disorganization that depresses household income, increased food insecurity and hinders business development. Enhancing inclusive and sustainable current agricultural information systems in different value chains and information needs that would promote development in domestic horticulture are needed to unleash agricultural potential. Strengthening agriculture especially domestic horticulture is…
“How does change happen?This is perhaps one of those eternal questionsthat carries both simplicityand depths of complexityjuxtaposed in a tensionso bright and dark thatemotions explode and identities blur.Is your belief defined by your roleor is your role defined by your belief?How does change happen?”These are the opening lines of a poem by TIG’s Executive Director, Jennifer Corriero, written during the COP15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen the year 2010.African Youth “Tomorrow you shall go everywhere to study, to learn a speciality, and to get to know the world. Workers, working people will have an equal share in these study missions. You…