Kisumu Marks the World Wetlands Day

Residents of Kisumu County today joined the rest of the world in celebrating the world wetlands day at Dunga wetlands ground. The celebrations observed annually every 2nd of February brought on board stakeholders and members of the community concerned with environmental protection and conservation. These included: he county Government officials, BMUs, Friends of Dunga swamp,
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Kisumu Gearing up to Celebrate the World Wetlands Day

Residents of Kisumu have been called upon to take action for the Dunga wetlands; an appeal to invest financial, human and political capital to save the wetlands from extinction and to restore those that have been degraded. This year’s event themed Wetlands Action for People and Nature, highlights the importance of actions to ensure the
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Capacity Building of Youths on Entrepreneurial Skills in Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa 100 youths from Kisumu county, selected from the seven sub counties are set to benefit from a three day entrepreneurial skills training with a bias on three value chains: fish, poultry and indigenous vegetables, held as from today at the Joel Omino Hall in Nyalenda Estate. The training dubbed Jiinue Business accelerator
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The Participatory Rural Appraisal in Aquaculture Development areas convened in Kisumu

Kisumu County directorate of Fisheries held the participatory rural appraisal (PRA) in  areas identified as potential in aquaculture development to enable the community members to investigate, analyze  and evaluate  their problems and opportunities that will inform planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their projects and activities. The development areas include: Kobura in Nyando sub county,
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Farmer Groups in West Nyakach Receive Farm Inputs and Equipment

Kisumu County Government in partnership with the World Bank has today distributed farm inputs to local farmers in West Nyakach in anticipation of the long rains and in readiness for the planting season through the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP).  Agricultural Farm inputs worth 2.5million were distributed. These comprises: chicken feeds, fertilizers, local and
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Battling Pollution by Segregation, Recycling and Composting of Solid Waste at Ondiek Estate in Kisumu

By: Mikwa Emily Solid Waste management has been a major challenge in Kenya, with Kisumu city not exempted, as it generates up to 400 tons of solid waste daily. The solid waste is mainly disposed by open dumping and burning that poses environmental threat and health hazard from the emission of greenhouse gases into the
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Tree Planting Demonstrations at Rabuor and Usoma Primary Schools in Kisumu Under the Green Cities Imitative

By: Emily Mikwa Two more schools, Rabuor Primary School in Nyando sub county and Usoma Primary School in Kisumu West sub county have joined the rest as champions in tree planting in schools under the Green Cities Initiative. This comes after tree planting demonstrations in Union Primary school and Tido Primary schools. The four schools
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Kisumu County Energy Planning (CEP) Integrated National Energy Planning (INEP)and Gender Policy in Energy Stakeholder’s Workshop

By Emily Mikwa Yesterday stakeholders drawn from the Ministry of Energy, County department of Energy, Gender and Practical Action, organized a sensitization workshop to the designated County Energy Planning committee members at the Imperial Hotel in Kisumu. The sensitization session focused on the Energy Act, 2019, the INEP framework draft Energy, INEP Regulations, 2020, the
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Capacity Building of CBOs in Promoting the Green Cities Initiative within Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa Today, 26 members of the Green Network Community Based Organization (CBO) were trained on the importance of agroforestry in leveraging on sustainable food security and green lifestyles courtesy of County Government of Kisumu in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Green Network CBO is a group from Kisumu West sub
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