High hopes for improved own-source revenue as Kisumu inaugurates Revenue Board.
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Matthew Owili on Tuesday inaugurated the Kisumu Revenue Board that will be in charge of revenue collection in the County. The board led by Dr. Hezron McObewa will have the mandate to collect revenue for the county. Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Mc’Obewa reaffirmed their commitment to enhance revenue collection to
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Kisumu plays host to Dairy Sector Development Learning Forum
Wednesday, 09 August 2023
The dairy sector development players today converged in Kisumu under the auspices of Kenya Crops and dairy marketing Systems Activity, a USAID funded program dubbed Feed the Future Initiative. This event is a culmination of a five-year program implemented by KCDMS across twenty-one counties nationally, most of them within the Western region. The KCDMS approach to
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New Farming Technology To Boost Agricultural Production
Thursday, 03 August 2023
Revitalizing agricultural production tops our administration’s commitment to enhance food security, Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr.Mathew Owili has said. Against this backdrop, Dr.Owili met a high-powered delegation from Earthfort, a leading biotech company that specializes in soil fertility and organic farming based in the USA. Their products have been approved for local use by the Kenya
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Kisumu focuses on Performance Contracts in a bid to improve service delivery
Thursday, 03 August 2023
What gets measured, gets done! The County Government of Kisumu has convened a Performance Contracting Inception meeting with a team of external consulting evaluators to prepare its key workforce on the upcoming End Year Performance Evaluation set to kick-start on Monday 7th August, 2022. The meeting brought together Members of the County Executive, Chief Officers,
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Excitement as Kisumu Cotton Farmers Receive Farm Equipment
Wednesday, 02 August 2023
Today, the CECM for Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries Hon. Kenn Onyango presided over the handing over of farm Equipment to the Nyando Farmers Cooperative Society . The farm equipment which include two motorbikes, three oil pressing machines and cotton gene will go along way in boosting trade, transport and business courtesy of the Agriculture
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Kisumu ASK Show back on the road after a 3-year hiatus
Friday, 28 July 2023
Kisumu Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) Show 2023 was officially opened today by the Prime Cabinet Secretary Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. The event held annually in the month of July is making a comeback three years later occasioned by the COVID 19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021. This year’s theme “Promoting Climate
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Special prayers to mourn and empathise with victims of police brutality held at Jootrh, Kisumu
Friday, 28 July 2023
Sombre mood engulfed Kisumu City as religious and civic leaders, citizens, kin and kith of the victims of police brutality associated with the recent peaceful demonstrations against high cost of living held prayers at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. The prayers, a culmination of the week-long excercise to show love, empathy and
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Kisumu Grabs Top Positions As Regional Agricultural Show Gets Underway
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
The department of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries has done Kisumu County proud after winning top positions in this year’s Nyanza regional Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) show that started today at the Mamboleo grounds. The department won three most prestigious positions -the best Agro-processing Stand, the best Stand exhibiting Agricultural and Earth-Moving equipment, the
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World Talent Federation Lands In Kisumu With Goodies.
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Today, The Vice President of the World Talent Federation, Dr. Peter Smith flanked by the President of Africa Federation for the Gifted and Talented Prof.Humfrey Oborah unveiled a USD 250,000 World Talent Federation Clinic at Mama Grace Onyango Social Centre. Talent clinics are one stop locations where special Anthropo- Biometric Kits are installed and linked
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