650 cattle plunge dip as Barchok commissions Chepitet- Kapsio Dip in Mutarakwa ward
Chepitet-Kapsio Dip in Mutarakwa Ward, Bomet Central has joined the list of cattle dips that are complete and operational in Bomet. Commissioning the dip, Governor Dr Hillary Barchok said that his administration has embarked on a strategic mission to revive all the cattle dips while constructing new ones in a bid to improve the milk […]
Lelaitich Sweet Potato Processing Plant Receives New Equipment
Lelaitich Sweet Potato Processing plant is one of the flagship value addition projects undertaken by the County Government of Bomet in partnership with the World Vision Kenya through the Department of Cooperatives and Enterprise Development. On maximum capacity, the plant processes 4 metric tonnes of sweet potatoes daily, equivalent to 4,000 pieces of assorted bread.
Farmers Receive Beehives to Boost Honey Production
18 farmers’ groups across the county have received 100 beehives and a centrifuge machine to boost honey production from the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Projects (KCSAP) under the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture and Livestock Executive Dr. Kipchumba Toweett challenged farmers to diversify farming activities and urged them to join bee-keeping cooperative societies to get better […]
Bomet to export tea to Iran following talks
Bomet will soon export its tea to Iran following fruitful talks with the Iranian Embassy, Wednesday between Governor Dr Hillary Barchok and the Iranian Ambassador to Kenya H.E Jafar Barmaki. The talks sought to strengthen bilateral trade ties especially on tea and horticulture produce. Speaking during the visit, Dr Barchok said that as an agricultural […]
Bomet farmers to receive 10,000 Hass avocado seedlings
Governor Dr Hillary Barchok has urged farmers to form their cooperative societies to ease access to the county funding and enable them have a bargaining power for their produce. Governor Barchok spoke when he received 10,000 Hass avocado seedlings through a reforestation programme under the National Irrigation Authority in the Ministry of Agriculture. The seedlings […]
Poultry Farming
I am impressed with farmers who have committed to shift to Digifarm. This is a move towards the right direction. My administration is determined to prioritize agricultural sector, the platform you elected me on’. Said Laboso Among the exhibitors who turned up included Tea research Institute, Tata Chemicals Magadi, Wonder Feeds Limited, Isinya Feeds and […]
Governor urges farmers to migrate to Digifarm
Bomet Governor, Hon Dr Joyce Laboso has challenged Bomet farmers to embrace technology in their agribusiness activities. The Governor said this during a past agribusiness trade fair hosted by the County Government. Dr Laboso called upon famers to adopt Digifarm, a safaicom technology app that offers fames convenient, one-stop access to register, buy farm inputs, […]
Chebango Tea Factory
Kenya is the world’s leading producer of tea, and nearly all teas produced is brisk black tea processed by over 100 factories using cut-tear-curl (CTC) method and exported mainly as bulk tea. Chebango Tea Factory is one of the newest factories in Kenya. Our vision is to manufacture world-class tea. Our mission is to effectively […]
Motigo Tea Factory
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Kapkoros Tea Factories
Kapkoros Tea Factory Co. Ltd. was incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap 486) by registrar of companies on 11th February 1977 and construction work started the same year. It was commissioned in 1976 by the late his Excellency President Jomo Kenyatta to serve the then emerging small scale tea farmers in the region of the […]
Tirgaga Tea Factory
Tirgaga Factory originated from Kapkoros and was built in 2003.It started operations on17th August 2006 on trial basis but gradually became fully operational in month of September 2006. It was commissioned for operations on 12th May 2007. Tirgaga Tea Factory serves 15019 active growers. Tirgaga Tea Factory Co. Ltd is one of the KTDA managed […]
Tea Plantation
The main economic activity in Bomet is agriculture. Tea is mostly grown in the eastern region of the district bordering the Mau forest. Farmers in the tea producing region sell their produce to KTDA (Kenya Tea Development Agency) factories such as those at Kapset, Mogogosiek, Rororok, Kapkoros and Tirgaga located in Bomet county. There are […]