Kisumu Marks World Fisheries Day

Residents of Kisumu County today joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Fisheries Day at Paga Beach in Kisumu West Sub County. The purpose was to highlight the importance of maintaining sustainable fisheries and health aquatic ecosystem. The event which is commemorated on the 21st November, annually has the global theme Cast the
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Vegetables in Pots

By Lorraine Anyango. Our traditional ways of cooking vegetables are still valid ,we need to embark on the ways our parents prepared vegetables. These are findings and recommendations from a new study conducted by doctors from Jemo Kenyatta University with support from AgriFose working in partnership with the University of Nairobi, Food Agricultural Organization (FAO)
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MSN BOOST.

by Lorraine Anyango The Kisumu County Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) coordination platform made great strides in the last two years prioritizing nutrition matters in Early Childhood Development Education Centers (ECDE) among others. Even better, the Kisumu MSN initiatives have gotten a boost with the coming in of the Ealy Childhood Development Network for Kenya (ECDNek)as a
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Fish Farmers in Kisumu Receive Fingerlings

Fifty smallholder fish farmers in Kisumu today received 50,000 fingerlings donations to the County Directorate of Fisheries courtesy of Victory Farm The initiative carried out in Nyakach, Muhoroni, Nyando, Kisumu East, Kisumu West and Seme Sub Counties is intended to boost the County’s fish production in order to meet the market demand. Speaking while presiding
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Kisumu Marks World Rabies Day.

Kisumu County today joined the rest of the world in commemorating world rabies day at Pap Kadundo, Seme Sub County. Statistics shows that the prevalence of this disease in about 150 countries worldwide is killing 60,000 people annually. Therefore with renewed vigor and commitment to eradicate the disease, under this year’s theme is “All for
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Way Forward as the Participatory Integrated Community Development ToT Training Comes to a Close

The three-day training on PICD has today come to a close as the trained Sub County Technical Team is expected to commence training of other 20 officers in the sub county in the coming week. Among the 20 0fficers to be trained in each Sub County include: Chief, Ward Administrators, Ward Manager, NGO representative at
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The Participatory Integrated Community Development ToT Training convened in Kisumu

Kisumu County under the National Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) has organized a three- day training for the Trainers (ToTs) commencing today 21st to 23rd August, 2023at the Pride Hotel in Bondo. The training that brings on board technical officers across different disciplines, from both the County and National Governments within the Sub Counties,
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The Joint Government of Kenya and IFAD Mid Term Review Mission in Kisumu

A delegation from the Government of Kenya and IFAD led by Mr. Fredrick Kundu accompanied by the IFAD Global Director, Dr. Abila and the Country Director Ms. Mariatu Kamara today visited Kisumu County on a mission to carry out a mid term review (MTR) on the ongoing ABDP project. The objective of the MTR is
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Kisumu County NAVCDP Sensitization Kicks Off

By: Emily Mikwa The National Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) begins in earnest with the sensitization of the Sub County Administrators from both National and County Governments together with key stakeholders from the NGOs and the CBOs. The project which is to be implemented in 32 Counties is co funded by the World Bank,
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