Elsewhere in Samburu Town in Kenya’s Coast Province, the Karimani Mweza Producer Marketing Group has started a bee-keeping initiative. Profits from the above hives were given to a high-performing student at the Ndatani Primary School to pay his secondary school fees.
Sidi Ndoro Chaka started her own private bee-keeping enterprise when she saw how much other groups benefited. She now has six hives. She sells a kilo of honey for 150 KSH (around $2) in the market. Bee-keeping is an activity traditionally practiced in the region. It has now been turned into a profit-making venture. While men were once in charge of this business, Chaka celebrates the emerging role women play. Many own their own bee hives and harvest themselves: a new source of income to pay for children’s school fees and food.
