Childrens’ Voices on Nutrition.
Tuesday, 08 August 2023
By Lorraine Anyango. For the very first time, a theme on nutrition was the driver of the 2023 Kisumu County Early Childhood Development (ECD) creative activities festival intending to effect behavior change and eradicate malnutrition. Children under the age of five enthusiastically took to the stage at Mama Grace Onyango Social Hall, confidently showcasing their
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Looking Into the Future of Solid Waste Management in Kisumu
Friday, 04 August 2023
The County Directorate of Climate Change together with Expertise France kicked off a waste separation sensitization drive for schools to educate children on the importance of waste segregation at source to aid the waste management process. Initiating this drive under the school greening project the directorate has introduced a solution that guides students in the
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New Farming Technology To Boost Agricultural Production
Thursday, 03 August 2023
Revitalizing agricultural production tops our administration’s commitment to enhance food security, Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr.Mathew Owili has said. Against this backdrop, Dr.Owili met a high-powered delegation from Earthfort, a leading biotech company that specializes in soil fertility and organic farming based in the USA. Their products have been approved for local use by the Kenya
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Kisumu focuses on Performance Contracts in a bid to improve service delivery
Thursday, 03 August 2023
What gets measured, gets done! The County Government of Kisumu has convened a Performance Contracting Inception meeting with a team of external consulting evaluators to prepare its key workforce on the upcoming End Year Performance Evaluation set to kick-start on Monday 7th August, 2022. The meeting brought together Members of the County Executive, Chief Officers,
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A Consultative Forum on the Kisumu County Physical and Land Use Plan
Thursday, 03 August 2023
The County department of Lands, Physical Planning and Housing Urban Development in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)/ European Union (EU) funded Digital Land Governance Programme are holding a 3 day inception forum as from 31st July to 2nd August 2024 with a focus on developing the Kisumu County Physical and Land Use Plan,
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Excitement as Kisumu Cotton Farmers Receive Farm Equipment
Wednesday, 02 August 2023
Today, the CECM for Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries Hon. Kenn Onyango presided over the handing over of farm Equipment to the Nyando Farmers Cooperative Society . The farm equipment which include two motorbikes, three oil pressing machines and cotton gene will go along way in boosting trade, transport and business courtesy of the Agriculture
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Kisumus MSN to perpetuate Nutrition Gains.
Tuesday, 01 August 2023
By Lorraine Anyango Pomp, style, and a comprehensive exhibition of nutrition interventions carried out in the last two years marked the close of the USAID Advancing Nutrition project in Kisumu County. The project which had four objectives of increased advocacy, resource mobilization, planning, and coordination, was implemented through a Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) coordination platform that
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Kisumu County Special Ball Games Kicks Off at Moi Stadium
Monday, 31 July 2023
By Matilda Atieno The 19th edition of County ball games for Special Learners has kicked off at the Moi Stadium under the theme “Creating awareness on special needs”. Kisumu County Executive Member for Education Mr John Awiti flagged off the event with a procession walk through the city to the Moi stadium to create awareness on
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Kisumu ASK Show back on the road after a 3-year hiatus
Friday, 28 July 2023
Kisumu Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) Show 2023 was officially opened today by the Prime Cabinet Secretary Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. The event held annually in the month of July is making a comeback three years later occasioned by the COVID 19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021. This year’s theme “Promoting Climate
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Special prayers to mourn and empathise with victims of police brutality held at Jootrh, Kisumu
Friday, 28 July 2023
Sombre mood engulfed Kisumu City as religious and civic leaders, citizens, kin and kith of the victims of police brutality associated with the recent peaceful demonstrations against high cost of living held prayers at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. The prayers, a culmination of the week-long excercise to show love, empathy and
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