Targeted Actions on Teen Pregnancies in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno Although Kisumu has attempted to address rising incidents of teenage pregnancies by enacting specific laws and policies, many challenges have limited the success of these laws and policies. According to the county officer in charge of Gender, Adah Omedi, the vice calls for collaboration between stakeholders including the administration, village elders, police
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Promoting Employment Opportunities and Agriprenuership among Youth and Women in East Africa

Youths and Women in Agribusiness drawn from Kisumu, Siaya and Kakamega Counties today converged for a 3-day training on Business Development Services Program held at the Acacia Hotel in Kisumu Courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organization. The project dubbed Promoting Employment Opportunities and Agriprenuership among Youth and Women, funded by Japan Government and being implemented
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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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Kisumu County Youth Agribusiness Sensitization and Resource Mobilization Workshop

The County department of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries together with its partners today organized a stakeholder’s workshop to deliberate on resource mobilization that is crucial in the formulation of the Kisumu County Youth Agribusiness Strategy (KCYAS). The Kisumu County Youth Agribusiness Strategy draft financed by the GIZ seeks to streamline the activities of the
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Training of Trainers on the 4-K Clubs Programs Convened in Kisumu and Migori Counties

Eighty six  4-K Clubs Patrons from Kisumu  and Migori Counties are the beneficiaries of  a two-day workshop organized as from 8th to 9th February, to provide the participants with competencies for effective establishment, management and sustainable vibrant 4-K Clubs across the counties. The two Workshops held at the Acacia premier Hotel in Kisumu and Migori courtesy
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Kisumu County Energy Planning (CEP) Integrated National Energy Planning (INEP)and Gender Policy in Energy Stakeholder’s Workshop

By Emily Mikwa Yesterday stakeholders drawn from the Ministry of Energy, County department of Energy, Gender and Practical Action, organized a sensitization workshop to the designated County Energy Planning committee members at the Imperial Hotel in Kisumu. The sensitization session focused on the Energy Act, 2019, the INEP framework draft Energy, INEP Regulations, 2020, the
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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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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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