President moves to reassert himself in Mt Kenya backyard

Standard Team 

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Agriculture CS Peter Munya, Governor Francis Kimemia (right) at Ol Kalau in Nyandarua County yesterday. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday visited Nyandarua County in what was seen as a mission to

IMF reveals Sh153bn asset base of non-deposit saccos

Ekeza Sacco members line up for verification during a special general meeting at Kasarani last February. FILE PHOTO | NMG 

By OTIATO GUGUYU
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Summary

• An IMF technical team that was in Nairobi in August 2019 was also able to find out that they had given out loans of up to Sh118.22 billion and had taken up deposits of up to Sh117.50 billion.
• Treasury data shows that as at the end of June 2018, Saccos regulated by Sasra held Sh766 billion in assets.
• Previous IMF missions in 2015 and 2016 discussed the possibility of including non-deposit taking Saccos in monetary data.

Blow to Kenyan farmers as agency bans avocado export

Michael Wang’ombe inspecting his avocado farm at Turi in Elburgon, Nakuru County, on January 31, 2020. The Agriculture and food Authority has suspended export of the fruit. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• Kenya is the largest exporter of avocado in Africa according to 2017 statistics from the multilateral agency International Trade Centre.
• Kenya produces an average of 191,000 tonnes of avocado per year.
• It exports approximately 51,507 tonnes of the fruit, earning the country nearly Sh8 billion

Sick and tired of pain, Kenyans fly out to procure aided suicide

Hands of a nurse administering an injection. Medically-assisted suicide is not legal in Kenya. FILE PHOTO 

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• Would you help a terminally ill relative have their life eased out if all hope of getting healed is gone and the  agony is unbearable?
• Kenyan laws prohibit any form of killing, but some are flying their terminally ill relatives to countries where it is legal to put an stop to their ceaseless suffering

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South Africa takes AU chair with huge task of silencing guns

A Kenyan security officer stands guard during the destruction of weapons recovered from criminals. FILE PHOTO | NMG 

In Summary

• South Africa will continue to build on the peaceful resolution of conflicts on the continent, guided by the African Union’s aspirations of Agenda 2063. We will also emphasise the preventive approach in addressing conflicts while assisting countries emerging from conflict from relapsing