Residents of Muhoroni Experience a Cervical Cancer Clinic on Wheels

By Matilda Atieno The county department of health in partnership with Cure Cervical Cancer a non-profit organization has organized a see and treat cervical cancer mobile clinic committed to providing early detection and prevention of cervical cancer through HPV mobile clinic at Rutek market in Muhoroni sub-county. The mobile clinic aims to reach out to
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Mrs Nyong’o meets Women Entrepreneurs

By Lennox Omondi Mama Kisumu, Dorothy Nyong’o, today met women entrepreneurs at an exclusive breakfast meeting in Kisumu during which she gave them business tips and how to remain resilient during these hard times aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The breakfast meeting at Ciala Resort in the outskirts of Kisumu City was a partnership between
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Kisumu Welcomes New Investment: Mirage Palace Hotel

By Jacktone Omondi Kisumu opened its doors to the newest hotel located in the middle of the town’s Central Business District (CBD) at Garissa lodge market. the Mirage Palace hotel joins the hospitality industry that has opened a midst the COVID-19 pandemic. The 1,500 bed-capacity hotel was officially opened by the Governor for Kisumu County
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Bold Steps to Enhance Community Climate Change Adaptive Capacity in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno and Millicent Owuoth The county government is currently scaling up efforts to achieve improved climate change adaptive capacity through the Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Change Action Plan (SEA CAP) program in October November and December across Kisumu. The program under the partnership with Expertise France seeks to engage the community on
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French Development Agency Mission in Kisumu

By Nancy Juma A delegation from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Investments Bank (IEB) are in the County to fast-track implementation of various water extension services. Led by AFD Country Director Bertrand Willocquet and the IEB Regional Head Paolo Lombardo, the Mission had successful engagements with the County Leadership at a meeting chaired by the
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Kisumu Recognizes the Importance of Family Planning in This Year’s World Contraceptive Day

By Matilda Atieno The County Government together with its partners today marked the annual world conceptive day to sensitize the community on the importance of birth control and family planning programs provided by health facilities in Kisumu. This year’s event themed leaving no one behind: expanding sustainable access to contraceptives in the COVID-19 pandemic and
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2.1m Worth of Donations from The County Government and CFK To Help the Fight Against Covid-19

By    Owuoche Kate Kisumu County in collaboration with the Carolina for Kibera Foundation yesterday made a great contribution to the Kisumu County Hospital’s Covid 19 emergency response team by donating equipment worth 2.1M towards the fight against the spread of covid 19 in the county. The handing over of the equipment took place at the
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World Tourism Day Celebrates Ndere Island as Kisumu’s Tourist Site

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu hosted the 2021 United Nations World Tourism (UNWT) Day at the Ndere Island National Park, one of the citadel sites of the county. This year’s UNWT day-themed ‘Tourism for Inclusive growth’ is a celebration that was marked globally to gun trigger the restoration of tourism around the world following the covid-19
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School-Based Deworming Program in Kisumu

By Matilda AtienoPrimary schools across Kisumu County received deworming treatment in a school-based program, spearheaded by the county department of health together with the ministries of health and education.This year, the National School-Based Deworming (NSBD) Program targeted 14 counties in which Kisumu is a beneficiary. The National School-Based Deworming program is an intervention that provides
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