Kisumu’s Nutrition Progress

By Lorraine Anyango In the Early Child Hood Centers (ECDds), in Kisumu County, the presence of Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tapes is a common occurrence now. Further, weighing scales and height boards in the same centers is a key enhancer in monthly growth monitoring for the young ones and has also become a standard
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Kisumu Poultry Farmers Receive Day Old Chicks

By: Emily Mikwa 165 poultry farmers registered with Kisumu County Poultry Enterprise Cooperative Society (KICOPE), today received 13,000-day old chicks of improved kienyeji breed courtesy of the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme (ASDSP). The programme seeks to develop sustainable priority value chains namely: poultry, fish and cotton for enhanced employment, improved income, food and nutrition
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Plans To Venture into Green Bond to Help Kisumu Secure Green Future

By Matilda Atieno The County Directorate of Climate Change in partnership with the ADA Consortium, FSD Kenya, Capital Markets Authority, Agusto & Co and Nairobi Securities Exchange convened a workshop that brought together public institutions and private CSOs in climate change and environmental sectors to deliberate on the overview of green bond assets and projects
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Lessons from Kisumu’s FLACK.

By Lorraine Anyango.  A learning session between Kisumu, Bungoma, and Busia counties has proposed the formation of a Food Liaison Advisory Group (FLACK) in each of the counties under the LREB umbrella. Currently, it’s only Kisumu and Nairobi counties that have FLACK bodies instituted and functioning in Kenya. In both counties, FLACK was established with
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Ward committees set up to oversee climate change action plans in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno The County Government of Kisumu rolled out a vetting exercise for the formation of the Ward Climate Change Planning Committee intended to be representative of the community with different interest groups given a seat at the table. According to the Kisumu County Climate Change Act, 2020 section 18, the Climate Change Directorate
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Kisumu Clinches the COG Chairman’s Position for the Communication Caucus Committee

Kisumu County Director Governor’s Press, Aloice Ager has been elected the chairperson of the Council of Governors Counties Communication Caucus Committee. Other three positions such as the vice chair was taken by Carol Nderi from Nyeri County, Secretary position went to Faith from Uasin Gishu County and that of the treasurer was taken by Hawa from Garisa
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Ongoing Partnership and Implementation of USAID-Funded Global Labor Program

The County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Marketing Ms. Farida Salim joined the USAID implementing organization – Sightsavers in a meeting that highlighted key areas of inclusion in Kisumu which included, trade, diversity, equity and accessibility. The meeting also shared a brief on the global labour Program and the purpose of the
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More ECD Centers Holds Promise to Boost Early Childhood Education

By Matilda Atieno The county minister for Education, Mr. John Awiti today received two complete classrooms for the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres at Olwale and St Alloys Gem Primary schools in North and central Nyakach at a tune of 1.4 Million and 1.8 Million respectively. The projects funded by the World Vision program at
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JOOTRH Compassionate Touch.

By Beryl Okendo. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) Medical Social work team spearheaded a family reunion for a patient who had been abandoned in the hospital for four months while undergoing treatment.    The patient, after being successfully managed and discharged, was left with nowhere to go due to neglect by family members.
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