Maurine Kendi

Collaborated with the agricultural team to implement and monitor quality control measures in vegetable farming, ensuring high standards for produce quality and sustainability for Export market and local market as well. Key responsibilities included:

• Produce Quality Assurance: Monitored and analyzed quality metrics, including dry matter content, firmness, color, soluble sugar levels, and titratable acidity. Utilized these parameters for sorting, grading, and packaging produce for market readiness.
• Sensory Evaluation: Conducted sensory evaluations to assess produce ripeness, texture, and overall quality using sight, smell, touch, and occasional taste tests, ensuring consistent standards. For the sweet melon Acoustics was used too,thus hearing was vital.
• Soil Quality Management: Evaluated soil health and fertility through routine assessments so as to adjust the fertilizer dosage accordingly. Fertilizer was being administered routinely twice a day though irrigation water.
• Crop Rotation Practices: Assisted in implementing crop rotation strategies to enhance soil organic matter and maintain long-term soil productivity. After the season of say Cucumber we would plant tomato instead of repeating the same crop.
• Data Recording and Analysis: Maintained detailed records of quality metrics and provided insights to optimize farming practices and enhance yield efficiency. The records of color, firmness or any quality parameter that was measured was kept and analyzed for future reference.

• Delivered 3 dynamic training sessions on resilience and livelihood to diverse, at-risk populations in Illodokilani ward, Kajiado County and Kathonzweni, Makueni County, as an Associate Trainer at ActionAid.
• Conducted comprehensive needs assessments to tailor impactful training strategies for vulnerable groups.
• Led engaging workshops, group discussions, providing personalized support to enhance trainee development during the training session.
• Monitored participant progress, evaluating training effectiveness to continually refine program quality this was done thhough google form questinnarres and follow-up calls after training sessions.
• Diligently maintained records and prepared detailed reports on training initiatives for stakeholder and partners of ActionAid review.

• Managed a team of 9 collegues in diverse range of processing activities for probiotic yogurt, fresh juices, mala, flavored milk, chapati, samosa, and mandazi production lines.
• Ensured strict adherence of the team to hygiene standards, overseeing the sanitation of the processing area and proper attire compliance among food handlers.
• Maintained meticulous records of daily and weekly sales, demonstrating strong bookkeeping competencies.

• Monitored the quality of tea leaves at the green leaf reception area, ensuring adherence to standards
• Oversaw the distribution of tea leaves on withering troughs, optimizing the withering process for peak efficiency.
• Maintained control over the continuous fermenting unit by regulating temperature and humidity to achieve optimal fermentation conditions.
• Worked with the quality control team to check hourly quality of the tea leaves in terms of moisture content and brightness level, taste of the infused tea, the color of the tea leaves the smell of the infusions and so on.