The Big Catch in Rabuor Primary School

Rabuor Primary School in Kobura Ward, Nyando Sub County today harvested 700 tilapia fish weighing 315 Kgs. This is the second Primary School after St. Agnes Muhoroni primary School to benefit from the ABDP Support. Other beneficiary Schools include: Chulaimbo Primary School in Kisumu West Sub County and Ragen Primary School in Nyakach. The ABDP
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Fish Farming Supplementing School Feeding Programme

By Emily Mikwa Today, St. Agnes Muhoroni primary School, Menara zone, Muhoroni Sub County harvested 278.14 Kgs of fish to supplement their feeding programme. This initiative was supported by the Aquaculture Business Development Program under the Kisimu County Directorate of Fisheries. The Objective of the ABDP programme is to support the school feeding program through
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Tree Planting Exercise at the KMTC- Kombewa Campus

By: Emily Mikwa One hundred and fifty tree seedlings were today planted at the KMTC- Kombewa Campus, Seme Sub County, courtesy of Agricultural Sector Development Support Project (ASDSP). While presiding over the exercise, the CECM Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock, Fisheries and Blue Economy, Hon Kenn Onyango termed it, a fruitful exercise as he highlighted the benefits
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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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