THE AFRICAN GRASSROOT POST

Its always beautiful when you empower communities with information in the most simplest way to enhance their productivity and food security. In this picture, a beans farmer in the remote areas of Bungoma county Western Kenya is seen following  post harvest loss file from SAWBO on a laptop.

  By Gabriel Ingubu.   Photo by Gabriel Ingubu. Mr Eliud Mayende, Market Master Bukembe Market watching SAWBO RAPID video. It’s midmorning of a sunny Saturday at Bukembe market approximately 15 kilometers from Bungoma town along Webuye Malaba road, famously referred to as the Northern corridor road connecting the port of Mombasa and landlocked countries on East Africa block; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, and Southern Sudan. Bukembe market is considered one of the hotspot areas because it’s also a resting area for long distance track drivers. On my way to the market, I find it’s already a beehive. Saturday is a market day. From the parking lot to the open air selling points to the enclosed shops and stalls, activities are at peak. Since the government, through the ministry of health, gave COVID–19 protocols, things aren’t the same as the way they used to be way back before the pandemic engulfed Kenya. Hand washing at every shop door, and strictly “No mask, No entry’’ rules