Transforming the Theatre Industry in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno The county Government is currently hosting a capacity building and competition project, dubbed ‘‘County Theatre Fiesta” the first of its kind to be held at the Mama Grace Onyango Social Centre in Kisumu County. The County Theatre Fiesta project is an implementation of the National Government’s Talanta Hela Initiative under the Ministry
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Unlocking the Potential of Culture Expression in Kisumu Through Capacity Building

Matilda Atieno The County Directorate of Culture in partnership with the state Department of Culture is currently holding a two-day Capacity Building for practitioners in cultural expression at the Kisumu hotel. The workshop brought together over 80 participants from Kisumu County with the aim of enhancing the capacity to create, produce, disseminate and distribute competitive
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Kisumu Cultural Festivals Grand Finale In Pictures

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Kisumu Receives KES 300,000 Sponsorship to KICOSCA 9th Edition

By Matilda Atieno Posta Kenya through the Post Master General, Mr. John Tanui, and Kisumu County gave Sh300, 000 thousand for the 9th edition of the KICOSCA games that will bring together various counties from Kenya. A team of representatives from Posta Kenya Nyanza region, the Manager sales, Mr. Thomas Orina, and Sales Nyanza representative
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African Film festival in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu residents let’s make way to the African Film festival currently under way at the Grace Onyango social center in Kisumu city. The festival brings together film makers across Africa to showcase their films in àn event which kicked off on Thursday the 15th and will end tomorrow the 17th of December.
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The 95th Kenya Music And Cultural Festival in Kisumu

By Mauline Anyango Okoth Kisumu County in collaboration with the Red committee celebrated the Kenya music and cultural festival on the 18th and 19th November this year at Mama Grace Onyango social centre. The festival themed “embrace cultural diversity and connections in the 21st century and beyond,” was officially opened by the county chief officer
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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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Kisumu Welcomes New Investment: Mirage Palace Hotel

By Jacktone Omondi Kisumu opened its doors to the newest hotel located in the middle of the town’s Central Business District (CBD) at Garissa lodge market. the Mirage Palace hotel joins the hospitality industry that has opened a midst the COVID-19 pandemic. The 1,500 bed-capacity hotel was officially opened by the Governor for Kisumu County
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Sports Tourism Gaining Traction in The County as Ghanaian Golfers Arrive in Kisumu

By Norbert Wekesa A team of golfers from Ghana were this morning received by the County Director of sports Ms. Valerie Kizito at the Kisumu International airport as sports tourism gains traction in Kisumu. The DOKNAM-KIM golfers’ team from Ghana arrived this morning for a series of tournaments in Kisumu, Nairobi and Mombasa. They will
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