Paul Njuguna, a retired technical manager at the Agricultural Development Corporation, invested Ksh 16 million in 2019 to set up Elgon Pine, a refined oil and animal feed plant in Eldoret. At its peak, the plant processed 90 tonnes of canola, sunflower, and soya annually, with capacity for 300 tonnes. Njuguna contracted about 100 farmers who supplied raw materials, while he also farmed 10 acres himself.
The business also produced poultry feeds and soap from crop by-products.
The venture collapsed after Kenya Power slapped him with a Ksh 400,000 bill in August 2021, compared to his usual monthly bill of about Ksh 30,000. Njuguna disputed it as an error and filed a complaint, but Kenya Power claimed underbilling and refused to adjust. When he failed to pay, Kenya Power disconnected electricity to both his plant and home. Though EPRA ruled in his favour and ordered reconnection, the power was never restored, forcing him to shut down operations.
The shutdown affected the entire value chain - contracted farmers, suppliers, and employees - all of whom lost income. Njuguna now questions whether the disconnection was deliberate sabotage and why Kenya does little to protect small industrial ventures. His case has raised concerns about how utility billing errors and slow dispute resolution can destroy promising local businesses and the livelihoods tied to them.
Kenyan researcher Professor George Njoroge wins Sh446 million award alongside UK scientist Professor Robert Bristow, for advancing early detection of oesophageal cancer.
I am not worried about Kenya in 2022. I am extremely worried for Kenya Post 2022 because a Ruto presidency post 2022 looks like it's inevitable and Ruto isn't someone you'd want to give a country to lead.
To those dismissing odious debt as theory, history says otherwise.
Mozambique challenged hidden loans in court. Ecuador audited and repudiated illegitimate debt. Iraq secured massive debt cancellation after Saddam. Cuba rejected colonial debt imposed without consent. South Africa resisted apartheid-era obligations tied to oppression.
Odious debt is not fiction. It is a principle backed by precedent, law, and the sovereign right of people not to finance corruption, repression, and theft.
Kenyans cannot be forced to repay debts they neither approved nor benefited from.
I've said this before and I'll say it again
Entertainers are the glue that holds corrupt politicians together
They are brought in to fill the social void that is supposed to represent people's approval
Last year,Ruto walked through the streets of New York under strict protocols without shutting everything down,yet today roads are being closed for the president of France to pass.This colonial mentality is something we still need to outgrow.
Okiya Omtatah: While Kenya bleeds, legacy politicians remain silent. Many are not fighting to fix the system. They are fighting to inherit it... If we remain silent while our country is looted, future generations will remember us as the people who watched Kenya collapse and did nothing.
Pastor-turned-politician John CW says he feels university education is not important, as many people go there not to study but to indulge in sexual immorality.
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