Kisumu County Team Flagged Off

Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr.Mathew Owili, flagged off the County’s boys and girls football teams which are representing the County in the Nyanza North Talanta Hela football tournament.The winner of the national event will take home kshs 5million. Dr.Owilli advised them to take the sport seriously and give their best and fly the County’s flag highest.“,But
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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 Celebrates A Warrior of Devolution: 1st Runner’s up Simba Award Recognition to Adah Omedi

By Matilda Atieno Mrs. Adah Omedi bagged the devolution warrior award for having contributed to the development of the County Gender Policies. The 1st Runner’s up Simba award winner Mrs. Omedi was feted during this year’s devolution Awards ceremony held on Wednesday the 16th of August in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. In her remarks, the
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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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Plea On Sugar Millers to Obey AFA Directive

The County Government of Kisumu has appealed to all Sugar Millers within the region to obey the directive by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which they issued suspending the milling for three months. The County’s CECM for Agriculture,Irrigation ,Livestock and Fisheries Kenneth Onyango said that the decision by the authority cited a bitting Sugar
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High hopes for improved own-source revenue as Kisumu inaugurates Revenue Board.

Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Matthew Owili on Tuesday inaugurated the Kisumu Revenue Board that will be in charge of revenue collection in the County. The board led by Dr. Hezron McObewa will have the mandate to collect revenue for the county. Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Mc’Obewa reaffirmed their commitment to enhance revenue collection to
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Kisumu plays host to Dairy Sector Development Learning Forum

The dairy sector development players today converged in Kisumu under the auspices of Kenya Crops and dairy marketing Systems Activity, a USAID funded program dubbed  Feed the Future Initiative. This event is a culmination of a five-year program implemented by KCDMS across twenty-one counties nationally,  most of them within the Western region. The KCDMS approach to
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Childrens’ Voices on Nutrition.

By Lorraine Anyango. For the very first time, a theme on nutrition was the driver of the 2023 Kisumu County Early Childhood Development (ECD) creative activities festival intending to effect behavior change and eradicate malnutrition. Children under the age of five enthusiastically took to the stage at Mama Grace Onyango Social Hall, confidently showcasing their
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Looking Into the Future of Solid Waste Management in Kisumu

The County Directorate of Climate Change together with Expertise France kicked off a waste separation sensitization drive for schools to educate children on the importance of waste segregation at source to aid the waste management process. Initiating this drive under the school greening project the directorate has introduced a solution that guides students in the
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