2.1m Worth of Donations from The County Government and CFK To Help the Fight Against Covid-19

By    Owuoche Kate Kisumu County in collaboration with the Carolina for Kibera Foundation yesterday made a great contribution to the Kisumu County Hospital’s Covid 19 emergency response team by donating equipment worth 2.1M towards the fight against the spread of covid 19 in the county. The handing over of the equipment took place at the
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6,000 More Day Old Chicks for Kisumu East and Central Small – Holder Farmers

60 Small- holder farmers from Kisumu East and Central Sub counties today received another batch of 6,000-day old chicks at the Kisumu Central Sub County offices. This is the second batch in addition to the previously distributed batch of 4,000 chicks totaling to the targeted 10,000 chicks to 100 farmers. The program under the Food
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Scaling Up Poultry Production in Kisumu through the Urban Food Systems Project

Today 40 farmers from Nyando and Kisumu West Sub counties each received 100 day old chicks as a seed capital into poultry business. The initiative supported by FAO in consultation with the County Government of Kisumu could have not come at a better time than this when the impact of Covid – 19 caused a
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Fish Farmers in Kisumu Receive Inputs to Enhance Production Under the Aquaculture Business Development Program (ABDP)

Fish farming in Kisumu today received a shot in the arm after receiving farm input materials and equipment for extension services courtesy of the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP) in an event held at Ahero Vocational Training Center, in Nyando Sub County. The farm input materials for Nyando sub county included: 31 pond liners, 57
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42M Worth of Learning Materials and Foodstuffs Goes to County ECD Schools in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno The deputy governor Dr. Mathew Owili today flagged off assorted learning materials and foodstuffs worth 42 M to go to the ECD centers across the 7 sub-counties in Kisumu. The learning materials worth KSh 25min and foodstuff comprising of rice and cooking oil at the coast of 17 million will go towards
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Excitement as Community Water Project is Commissioned and WASH Program Launched in Nyakach

It was song, dance and ululations yesterday as the County Executive Member for Water, Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Mr. Salmon Orimba in the company of the Living Water Services officials commissioned the Bishop N.K Ngala School and Community water project in Kajimbo village, South West Ward, Nyakach Sub County. The community’s reliance on
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Women, Youth and People with Disability to Access 24M In Revolving Fund

By Matilda Atieno The County government has rolled out the capacity building for the beneficiaries of the Kisumu County women, youth and people living with disabilities revolving fund to enable access to microloans for small businesses. Over 70 small businesses are set to benefit from the 24 million funds currently available to be shared among
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Kisumu Youth Innovation Center Coming Soon

By Matilda Atieno May is a special time of the year as the world celebrates youth Service Month. Throughout the month of May, youths interact in Rotary Youth Exchange opportunities to grow through service, develop skills, mentor and be mentored. In anticipation to promote skills development and innovation the County government embarked on the construction
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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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