PREMIUM The rise and fall of Kenya’s pyrethrum empire Business Mar 17, 2025 Listen

Photo credit: Boniface Mwangi | Nation Media Group “A review of records revealed that the Pyrethrum Processing Company does not have title deeds or any other ownership documents for various parcels of land valued at more than Sh1 billion in Nakuru and other pyrethrum-growing areas, including Nyandarua, Kisii, Baringo, and Eldoret, among others,” said Ms Gathungu in the report.

A ghostly silence greets ors at the Nakuru based Pyrethrum Processing Company where rusting machines sit idle and dust-laden corridors tell the story of a company that once powered Kenya’s pyrethrum industry but is now struggling to survive.

Photo credit: Boniface Mwangi | Nation Media Group “The government will seek support to help revive the stalled machines and market pyrethrum products worth millions of shillings lying idle in the company stores.