Kajiado West - January 2026
Many families at New Ark Tabernacle in Ngurumani relied on irregular casual work. Income could vary from week to week, making it difficult to cover daily needs or plan ahead. Some households had land but lacked the resources and agricultural knowledge to make fuller use of it. Pastor Kenn Ojuma had taken part in training through the Ngurumani Church Network and decided to put what he had learned into practice with his congregation.
He distributed 1,500 seedlings to 50 congregants. These included pawpaw, lemon, pumpkin and other vegetables. He also introduced beekeeping so households could consider honey production alongside their gardens. Families planted and tended the seedlings, using their land to produce food for their own use and crops they could sell. The work gave members a practical way to apply new skills and broaden the sources of income available to them.
The January 2026 programme story records families harvesting fruit and vegetables for household meals and for sale. Some members had begun developing their gardens into small businesses, while others were building beekeeping enterprises and selling honey locally. The story does not put a monetary value on those changes, but it records new food and income sources alongside casual work. The initiative came from a church leader applying his training to a need his congregation had identified. Families then took responsibility for growing the crops and developing their own enterprises.