Kisumu Receives KES 300,000 Sponsorship to KICOSCA 9th Edition

By Matilda Atieno Posta Kenya through the Post Master General, Mr. John Tanui, and Kisumu County gave Sh300, 000 thousand for the 9th edition of the KICOSCA games that will bring together various counties from Kenya. A team of representatives from Posta Kenya Nyanza region, the Manager sales, Mr. Thomas Orina, and Sales Nyanza representative
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African Film festival in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu residents let’s make way to the African Film festival currently under way at the Grace Onyango social center in Kisumu city. The festival brings together film makers across Africa to showcase their films in àn event which kicked off on Thursday the 15th and will end tomorrow the 17th of December.
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Preparation Returns to Action as Kisumu Gears Up For KICOSCA Games

By Matilda Atieno This week, Kisumu plaid host to a series of consultative meetings in preparation for the 9th edition of the KICOSCA games to be held starting 15th through to the 21st of January 2023 in Kisumu. The KICOSCA National Executive Council, which brought together representatives from various county governments, held a 4 days
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Courtesy Visit to the CECM Sports

The CEC member for Sports, Culture, Arts, Gender and Youth Affairs, Madam Beatrice A. Odongo, today held a consultative meeting with the National Bank of Kenya’s Regional Manager, Western and Rift valley region to discuss the possibility of partnership in hosting KICOSCA Games as well as Women Enterprises Development in Kisumu. The county government is
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Communicators Enjoined to Fight Malnutrition.

By Lorraine Anyango and Faith Lawino The county government of Kisumu and the USAID ‘Advancing Nutrition’ project invited the local media to be part of the fight to end malnutrition. The joinder included journalists from several media stations, Communication persons, social media activists, bloggers, digital content creators, print journalists, and policymakers. The invite got the
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Kisumu Joins Kenya in Celebrating the 59th Jamhuri Day

Kisumu was taken on a nostalgic journey of Kenya’s Independence Day that was marked by the lowering of the Union Jack and raising of the Kenyan flag at Uhuru Gardens in Kenya’s capital Nairobi by Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first Prime Minister. This journey, painted by Kisumu Governor in his speech for the occasion read on
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Kisumu County Youth in Agribusiness Strategy 2022-2027 Launched

Stakeholders in Kisumu Agriculture sector, including governments’ representatives, Partners and private players, today attended the launch of youth in agribusiness strategy 2022/27, at the Kisumu Rotary Centre. The Strategy, unveiled seeks to address gaps that leads to low economic development, define a roadmap that will enhance exploitation of opportunities in the agriculture sector, provide a
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Merged Data Guiding Nutrition Interventions.

By Lorraine Anyango Kisumu County is employing a new strategy in reaching out to vulnerable communities by using the ‘Entire Household’ approach in a bid not to leave anyone behind. This focus will see to it that nutrition interventions are household engineered. Conversation on the consumption of consolidated data to guide the allocation of resources
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Vitamin A supplementation Acceleration

By Lorraine Anyango Vitamin A supplementation and deworming for boys and girls aged 6-59 months will be accelerated in Kisumu County, thanks to an MOU signed between Hellen Keller International and the department of health and Sanitation. Through the MOU, Kisumu County gets to benefit from interventions including the capacity building of 65 health workers
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