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
Read more
No Comments

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
Read more
No Comments

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
Read more
No Comments

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
Read more
No Comments

Boosting Fish Production through Aquaculture Business Development Programme

Kisumu County fish farmers are set to receive a major boost in fish production after the official launch of the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP) today at Apondo village in Ahero Ward. The ABDP is an eight year programme, to be implemented in 15 counties of which Kisumu is part, funded to a tune of
Read more
No Comments

Kisumu Launches Biashara Centre

By Maxwel Otieno Kisumu County launched Biashara Centre located at the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI), in Kibos Kisumu East-Subcounty The center which is the 4th to be launched after Kwale, Mombasa and Nairobi, was officially opened by CS Betty Maina of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development. The CS lauded the initiative and
Read more
No Comments

Marwa Now Operational

By Lorraine Anyango Opondo Marwa Kisumu solidarity health cover is now operational.This means that 45,000 household beneficiaries in Kisumu enlisted under Marwa can now walk into the 48 selected health facilities across the county and receive services. The County, with support from PharmAccess Foundation has paid 67.5 Million to NHIF for the households’ insurance premiums
Read more
No Comments

Kisumu County Goes Digital on Bursary and Scholarship

By Matilda Atieno The county government annual scholarship and bursary program has gone digital following the plan to digitalize all county programs and services to improve service delivery. The online bursary system is one of the continuous efforts by the county government to digitize all programs and services to provide user-friendly services to residents and
Read more
No Comments

The Birth of Katito Town

By Emily Mikwa, Nancy Juma & Matilda Atieno Residents of Nyakach Sub County could not hide their excitement at the news of Katito being conferred with a new town status. Amid song and dance, the residents welcomed H. E Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o and his entourage at the Nyakach Elders grounds in Katito ahead
Read more
No Comments