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Kisumu Marks the World Wetlands Day

Residents of Kisumu County today joined the rest of the world in celebrating the world wetlands day at Dunga wetlands ground. The celebrations observed annually every 2nd of February brought on board stakeholders and members of the community concerned with environmental protection and conservation. These included: he county Government officials, BMUs, Friends of Dunga swamp,

Kisumu Gearing up to Celebrate the World Wetlands Day

Residents of Kisumu have been called upon to take action for the Dunga wetlands; an appeal to invest financial, human and political capital to save the wetlands from extinction and to restore those that have been degraded. This year’s event themed Wetlands Action for People and Nature, highlights the importance of actions to ensure the

Capacity Building of Youths on Entrepreneurial Skills in Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa 100 youths from Kisumu county, selected from the seven sub counties are set to benefit from a three day entrepreneurial skills training with a bias on three value chains: fish, poultry and indigenous vegetables, held as from today at the Joel Omino Hall in Nyalenda Estate. The training dubbed Jiinue Business accelerator

The Participatory Rural Appraisal in Aquaculture Development areas convened in Kisumu

Kisumu County directorate of Fisheries held the participatory rural appraisal (PRA) in  areas identified as potential in aquaculture development to enable the community members to investigate, analyze  and evaluate  their problems and opportunities that will inform planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their projects and activities. The development areas include: Kobura in Nyando sub county,

BRIDGING EXTENSION OFFICERS GAP.

By Lorraine Anyango Kisumu county has made deliberate steps to bridge the gap that is rapidly building up due to many agricultural extension officers retiring. The county acknowledges the huge wealth of experience deposited in senior agricultural officers, who are in their 50s’ and the need to harness the wealth of knowledge, transferring the same
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Farmer Groups in West Nyakach Receive Farm Inputs and Equipment

Kisumu County Government in partnership with the World Bank has today distributed farm inputs to local farmers in West Nyakach in anticipation of the long rains and in readiness for the planting season through the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP).  Agricultural Farm inputs worth 2.5million were distributed. These comprises: chicken feeds, fertilizers, local and

Battling Pollution by Segregation, Recycling and Composting of Solid Waste at Ondiek Estate in Kisumu

By: Mikwa Emily Solid Waste management has been a major challenge in Kenya, with Kisumu city not exempted, as it generates up to 400 tons of solid waste daily. The solid waste is mainly disposed by open dumping and burning that poses environmental threat and health hazard from the emission of greenhouse gases into the

Aggressive breast cancer tumor successfully removed at JOOTRH.

By Lorraine Anyango For Six’s months she not only dealt with deep excruciating pain that had become her norm, but she also bore the emotional pain of rejection as people around her took off from her due to a persistent foul smell emanating from her.    However as the new year began, 25-year-old Nancy Awour Okeyo
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KEEP FIT AT THE JOOTRH GYM.

By Lorraine Anyango and Faith Lawino Did you know that Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has a fully functional gym? Did you know you can access the facility and services by paying just Ksh 150 per visit?   Did you also know that the gym is open on week days from Monday

Digital epidemic preparedness network detected first Omicron infection in Kisumu, Kenya

The first case of Omicron in Kisumu Country, collected 4 days earlier than the first Omicron  reported nationally. The patient had indicated presence of clinical symptoms by December 8, which is only 2 weeks after South Africa reported the first Omicron case to WHO (November 24, 2021). This very early detection of Omicron in Kisumu
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