Efforts in Strengthening Linkages in SGBV Prevention and Response

By Matilda Atieno With support from PLAN International, a non-state actor in the fight against Gender-Based Violence, the County Government of Kisumu through the Directorate of Gender, domiciled under the department of Education, ICT and Human Capacity Development, organized a 3 days workshop for the duty bearers aiming at SGBV prevention and response work. According
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Kisumu’s Focus on A Multisectoral Approach to End GBV

By Matilda Atieno County Government of Kisumu this week hosted three days of inter-county dialogue on the legislation of gender-based violence (GBV) and a review of Kisumu County policy on sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) at Ciala Resort -Kisumu. This is a multi-Sectoral Approach to ending SGBV brought together both state and none state gender actors
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Over 2000 Young Men and Women Graduate From the 26 County Vocational Education and Training Centers

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu County Vocational Education and Training held its first in-person graduation ceremony since Covid-19; the celebration brought together a record of 2,259 students after completing vocational training courses from all the 26 VTCs across the county. The graduation ceremony was held on Friday 25th March 2022 at the Kisumu rotary youth training
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Strengthening Climate Action through Stakeholder Engagement in Kisumu County

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu County has initiated the development of the integrated action plan for climate change in a two days stakeholder engagement workshop that brought together stakeholders from the community-based organizations, the private and public sector to deliberate on the mitigation and Adaptation action Plans for the year 2022-2027. The multi-stakeholder participation seeks to
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Stepping Up Climate Change Adaptation Efforts in Seme Sub-County

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu has set up a solid green project on tree planting campaign as a climate action key on supporting climate sensitive county. The current climate crisis calls for efforts on two fronts including the county government’s support to the community and the community championing tree planting campaign that was launched during a
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Kisumu Enhances Solid Waste Management as an Action to Climate Change Adaptation

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu county leading the way in solid waste management as an action Plan towards mitigation and adaptation of Climate Change. Supported by Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa CoM Africa under the Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) project, the solid waste initiative is designed to provide a waste collection
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Kisumu Launches Sickle Cell Infant Screening and Management Care Center

By Nancy Juma The County Government of Kisumu has launched a Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening and Early Intervention Project as well as a Comprehensive Care Center at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) to respond to the high burden of the condition in the region. The Center of Excellence launched today by
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Kisumu New Gender Mainstreaming Policy; Turning Promises into Action

By Matilda Atieno The county government together with its partners launched the Kisumu County Gender Mainstreaming policy one year after the adoption of the Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) policy, the first of its kind. Kisumu is on track to achieve gender equality and empowerment, a step in the right direction towards a gender equal community.
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Kisumu Broke Record to Emerge 2nd in The Kicosca Games 8th Edition

By Matilda Atieno, On November 20th, the 8th Kenya Inter-Counties Sports and Cultural Association (KICOSCA) games came to an end in the Intercounty premier multi-sport competition held in Embu, County 014. The seven-day event recorded high participation as fans were treated to a series of performances in the week-long games. After emerging 2nd in the
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