Kisumu County Open its Door to the Mobile App uLima

By Matilda Atieno The County Department of Agriculture has partnered with uLima Kenya to provide farm management service including livestock and crop information library as well as calendar, seven days weather forecast in both English and Kiswahili languages. uLima is an online farmer-based mobile application ecosystem where registered farmers and Agri-dealers offering free access to
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Kisumu County strategy to engage the community in GBV amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Matilda Atieno The Kisumu County Gender Sector Working Group (CGSWG), a collaboration with the County Department of Education and Gender sector and the State Department of Gender Affairs with support from partners, kicked off the sensitization and Mobilization forums for the sub-county committees at Victoria Comfort Hotel. The seven days forums sponsored by KMET
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Nine ABD Program Implementation Vehicles Flagged Off in Kisumu

By: Matilda Atieno Kisumu County today hosted the commissioning and handing over of vehicles to facilitate the activities of the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ADBP) in the NINE implementing counties. The event was officiated by the Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Mr. Lawrence Omuhaka who on behalf of the CS.
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Boosting Fisheries: Revolutionizing Subsistence Fish Farming to Commercial Ventures

State department of Fisheries Aquaculture and Blue EconomyFish farming among small holder farmers has received a major boost after the Chief Administration Secretary (CAS) from the State Department for Fisheries, (SDFA & BE), Mr. Lawrence Omuhaka today flagged off 9 vehicles that will be used to support the ABDP outreach activities and aquaculture extension services
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Kisumu’s’ Multi-sectoral Approach to early Teenage Pregnancies

By Matilda Atieno County health and gender officials held a multi-sectoral meeting with state officers from the Ministry of Interior, Education, the state office of gender and non-state actors to explore initiatives in handling early unintended pregnancies among teenagers and the youth across Kisumu. Teenage pregnancies remain a major public health problem with lasting repercussions
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Scaling Up Solar Powered Water Supply project in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno The county government supported by Safe Water and Aids Project (SWAP) and the university of Illinois have successfully constructed a solar powered water project in South West Ward, Kisumu West Subcounty. The 2.5 million water project dubbed ‘Sola Maji’ is funded through Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to benefit a total of
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Excitement as Nyong’o Gives Farmers More Dairy Cows

Dairy production in Kisumu County has received a major boost following the distribution of 45 dairy cows to small holder farmers over the weekend. In this financial year, the Livestock directorate has spent Ksh 6.75M from the ward development allocation to purchase the dairy cows. The distribution of the cows depended on the allocation per
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C.S. Amb. Amina Mohamed on Tour of Inspection

This afternoon the C.S for Sports Amb.Amina Mohamed accompanied by the Deputy Governor for Kisumu Dr. Mathew Owili led a host of officials on a tour of inspection of the ongoing construction of the Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Mamboleo, Kisumu. The stadium is one of three facilities commissioned for construction last October by H.E.
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The Aquaculture Business Development Programme Supervision Mission in Kisumu

A delegation of the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) from the State Department for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Blue Economy (SDFA & BE) led by the Project Coordinator Mr. Sammy Macaria toured Kisumu yesterday to supervise the progress of the ADBP in the County. The Programme Steering Committee is the top organ for the ABDP project mandated
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