The Government has intensified the nationwide rollout of the Animal Identification and Traceability (ANITRAC) system to modernize Kenya’s livestock sector and improve global competitiveness. Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development Senator Mutahi Kagwe led a livestock sensitization and tagging exercise in Kurawa, Tana River County, following last week’s national launch of the programme in
By CS Sen. Mutahi Kagwe As the Africa Forward Summit (AFS) 2026 convenes in Nairobi starting today, the spotlight is likely to be on the heads of States and government officials present, the investment deals consummated, protocols signed, and new continental initiatives started. But for me, the key highlight will be the discernible shift in
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe has issued a bold call to lenders and development partners to radically reform agricultural financing models, saying farmers will never achieve meaningful growth unless credit becomes affordable and donor funding is restructured to deliver direct impact at the farm level. Speaking during the Intergovernmental Agriculture Forum in Naivasha, the