Awareness Creation on Clean Energy Kicks off in Kisumu

BY: Emily Mikwa Today the county department of Energy in partnership with Practical Action Organization and Women Entrepreneurs traversed through parts of Klsumu West and Kisumu East sub counties in a bid to promote the use of clean energy among the members of the community. The two days campaign dubbed Empowering Women Engendering Energy ,
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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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400 Bags of Growers Mash for Poultry Farmers in Kisumu

BY: Emily Mikwa Yesterday, 100 Poultry farmers from Nyando, Kisumu East, Kisumu West and Kisumu Central sub counties, each received four bags of growers mash weighing 50Kg per bag as a boost in poultry production, courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organisation in consultation with the County Government. The farmers recently benefited from 10,000 day old
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Kisumu Broke Record to Emerge 2nd in The Kicosca Games 8th Edition

By Matilda Atieno, On November 20th, the 8th Kenya Inter-Counties Sports and Cultural Association (KICOSCA) games came to an end in the Intercounty premier multi-sport competition held in Embu, County 014. The seven-day event recorded high participation as fans were treated to a series of performances in the week-long games. After emerging 2nd in the
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Creating awareness on pre-term births.

By Faith lawino and Beryl Alaka. Of the most thrilling and exciting moments on earth, is the joy of giving birth to a newborn. The happiness and fulfillment that comes with being a mother is unexplainable, however, such joy is cut short by the baby being delivered before its due time.  The act of delivering
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New Initiative to Benefit 2500 Medium and Small Business in Kisumu

By Gloria Simiyu The county government through the department of Business trade and Markets in partnership with the USAID and Strathmore University has plans to strengthen the capacity of Kisumu SMEs and build linkages to international markets through a project dabbed the Kenya small business development center. The Kenya small business development center initiative is
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JOOTRH’s CASUALTY UNIT, SAVIOUR TO MOTORBIKE RIDERS PRONE TO ROAD ACCIDENTS.

patients que at the JOOTRH casualty unit . by LORRAINE ANYANGO AND FAITH LAWINO Inside the enormous Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, lay a house section, on top of lintel are inscribed the words “EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTRE” It is also called the casualty unit. These writings are noted in red, perhaps that
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Green Cities Initiative Multi – stakeholder Forum Convened in Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa The Green Cities Initiative seeks to increase people’s well being through increased availability and access to products and services provided by Green Spaces including urban and peri- urban forestry, agriculture and sustainable food systems. Twelve Cities in Africa have been identified for pilot programme, with Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi Cities in Kenya
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RICE FARMERS INCLUSION IN MARWA

Marwa team together with leaders of rice scheme from Nyando , during a meeting at JOOTRH . Imagine the impact of the community of rice farmers with group health insurance cover.   Imagine protection from potential financial catastrophe arising from the use of health services amongst rice farmers. Also, imagine growing the economy of rice farmers
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