New Farming Technology To Boost Agricultural Production

Revitalizing agricultural production tops our administration’s commitment to enhance food security, Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr.Mathew Owili has said. Against this backdrop, Dr.Owili met a high-powered delegation from Earthfort, a leading biotech company that specializes in soil fertility and organic farming based in the USA. Their products have been approved for local use by the Kenya
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Kisumu focuses on Performance Contracts in a bid to improve service delivery

What gets measured, gets done! The County Government of Kisumu has convened a Performance Contracting Inception meeting with a team of external consulting evaluators to prepare its key workforce on the upcoming End Year Performance Evaluation set to kick-start on Monday 7th August, 2022. The meeting brought together Members of the County Executive, Chief Officers,
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A Consultative Forum on the Kisumu County Physical and Land Use Plan

The County department of Lands, Physical Planning and Housing Urban Development in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)/ European Union (EU) funded Digital Land Governance Programme are holding a 3 day inception forum as from 31st July to 2nd August 2024 with a focus on developing the Kisumu County Physical and Land Use Plan,
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Excitement as Kisumu Cotton Farmers Receive Farm Equipment

Today, the CECM for Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries Hon. Kenn Onyango presided over the handing over of farm Equipment to the Nyando Farmers Cooperative Society . The farm equipment which include two motorbikes, three oil pressing machines and cotton gene will go along way in boosting trade, transport and business courtesy of the Agriculture
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Kisumus MSN to perpetuate Nutrition Gains.

By Lorraine Anyango Pomp, style, and a comprehensive exhibition of nutrition interventions carried out in the last two years marked the close of the USAID Advancing Nutrition project in Kisumu County. The project which had four objectives of increased advocacy, resource mobilization, planning, and coordination, was implemented through a Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) coordination platform that
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Kisumu County Special Ball Games Kicks Off at Moi Stadium

By Matilda Atieno The 19th edition of County ball games for Special Learners has kicked off at the Moi Stadium under the theme “Creating awareness on special needs”. Kisumu County Executive Member for Education Mr John Awiti flagged off the event with a procession walk through the city to the Moi stadium to create awareness on
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Kisumu ASK Show back on the road after a 3-year hiatus

Kisumu Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) Show 2023 was officially opened today by the Prime Cabinet Secretary Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. The event held annually in the month of July is making a comeback three years later occasioned by the COVID 19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021. This year’s theme “Promoting Climate
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Special prayers to mourn and empathise with victims of police brutality held at Jootrh, Kisumu

Sombre mood engulfed Kisumu City as religious and civic leaders, citizens, kin and kith of the victims of police brutality associated with the recent peaceful demonstrations against high cost of living held prayers at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. The prayers, a culmination of the week-long excercise to show love, empathy and
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Kisumu Grabs Top Positions As Regional Agricultural Show Gets Underway

The department of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries has done Kisumu County proud after winning top positions in this year’s Nyanza regional Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) show that started today at the Mamboleo grounds. The department won three most prestigious positions -the best Agro-processing Stand, the best Stand exhibiting Agricultural and Earth-Moving equipment, the
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