LIVE: Lunchtime News with Ben Troy Njue II 19th January 2025 II www.kbc.co.ke

20 Jan 2025 - Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KARLO)has kicked off intensive digitized soil testing and sampling across 45 counties in a bid to increase agricultural productivity in the country.

20 Jan 2025 - Every four years America's president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader's personal flourishes.

20 Jan 2025 - A group of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Gusii region have threatened to break ranks with the party.

20 Jan 2025 - Victims of one of the most destructive fires in California history are struggling to decide whether to rebuild, facing a bewildering array of challenges.

20 Jan 2025 - Kofi Adams, local chairman of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told Reuters that nine people had been killed and fourteen severely injured in the incident at the Obuasi gold mining site in the West African country's Ashanti Region.

20 Jan 2025 - The bodies of the deceased were transferred to the mortuary.

20 Jan 2025 - The philanthropist is fondly remembered for his transformative initiative that uplifted the lives of countless young people.

20 Jan 2025 - The Republican promised to act unilaterally on a wide array of issues.

20 Jan 2025 - There are now 600 Kenya police officers in Haiti and 200 more will join them before the end of January, officials said.

20 Jan 2025 - Funding issues, failure to utilise data to blame for vaccine crisis