Plea On Sugar Millers to Obey AFA Directive
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
The County Government of Kisumu has appealed to all Sugar Millers within the region to obey the directive by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which they issued suspending the milling for three months. The County’s CECM for Agriculture,Irrigation ,Livestock and Fisheries Kenneth Onyango said that the decision by the authority cited a bitting Sugar
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High hopes for improved own-source revenue as Kisumu inaugurates Revenue Board.
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Matthew Owili on Tuesday inaugurated the Kisumu Revenue Board that will be in charge of revenue collection in the County. The board led by Dr. Hezron McObewa will have the mandate to collect revenue for the county. Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Mc’Obewa reaffirmed their commitment to enhance revenue collection to
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Kisumu plays host to Dairy Sector Development Learning Forum
Wednesday, 09 August 2023
The dairy sector development players today converged in Kisumu under the auspices of Kenya Crops and dairy marketing Systems Activity, a USAID funded program dubbed Feed the Future Initiative. This event is a culmination of a five-year program implemented by KCDMS across twenty-one counties nationally, most of them within the Western region. The KCDMS approach to
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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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