FAO TO SUPPORT TURKANA COUNTY ON DIGITAL LAND GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME
County Executive Committee Member for Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Areas Management received Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Cluster III Technical Coordinator on Digital Land Governance Programme Ms Linda Opiyo in his office. CEC Peter Akono welcomed the support from FAO and said the Lands Registry will receive a major boost as all the physical […]
COUNTY INTENSIFIES EFFORT ON GROUNDNUT PRODUCTION AS MORE FARMERS GET TRAINING ON FOOD SYSTEMS
County Chief Officer for Agriculture and Land Reclamation Janerose Tioko has this morning in Lokichar opened a 5-day workshop for groundnuts farmers on organisation development, legal issues and community food systems. The objective of the workshop is to develop the capacity of the groundnut producers to be able to take advantage of the market opportunities […]
TURKANA COUNTY EMBARKS ON RESTORATION OF DEGRADED SITES
The County Directorates of Environment and Mineral Resources have prioritized to restore all the sites that have been degraded out of mining activities. This follows a joint mapping of all degraded sites across the locations where mining is intensively exploited. The joint venture was conducted to establish the impact of mining activities to the environment. […]
TURKANA COUNTY HEALTH AND PARTNERS FORGE UNIFIED FRONT TO BOOST HEALTHCARE SERVICES
County of Health and Sanitation held a two-day forum with twenty-five of its partner organisations to deliberate on improving coordination as they jointly implement projects and programs that lead to greater healthcare outcomes. The aim of the forum was to bring together the county government and health partners in order avoid duplication of programs and […]
COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A FISH PROCESSING PLANT IN KALOKOL
The County Government has begun plans to establish a fish processing plant in Kalokol, Turkana Central Sub County. County Executive for Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries David Erukudi today led a team of officers from the department in the assessment of sites for the construction of the proposed plant. The team which included area MCA […]
TOURISM, CULTURE AND HERITAGE DIRECTORATES DIVERSIFY TOURISM AND CULTURAL PRODUCTS TO MARKET TURKANA COUNTY
The County Directorates of Tourism, Culture and Heritage are developing and diversifying tourism and cultural products, in recognition of the traditional beach and wildlife safari products that need to be in line with changing travel trends and patterns. Speaking during Tourism, Culture and Heritage Cluster Coordination meeting yesterday, Director for Tourism, Benedict Mukoo pointed out […]
UNICEF KENYA READY TO HANDOVER 76 BOREHOLES TO TURKANA COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS A RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT DROUGHT
The partnership between Turkana County Government and UNICEF KENYA has so far seen the drilling of 76 boreholes that UNICEF KENYA is ready to handover to the County Government as a deliberate intention to respond to a water stress situation that has led to shortage of water for both domestic and for the livestock in […]
THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO INVEST IN TURKANA, CEC LOOTE PERSUADES
The County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Gender and Youth Affairs, Elizabeth Loote has persuaded the investors within and outside the Country to make Turkana County their global competitive investment and trading hub of choice in the greater East African region. CEC Loote was speaking during an investment promotion meeting in Lokichar where technical officers […]
TURKANA COUNTY HEALTH AND UNICEF KENYA STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION TO ENHANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
The County Department of Health and Sanitation, led by County Executive Committee Member (CECM) Dr Anthony Apalia, held an in-depth discussion with the UNICEF Kenya team on upcoming programmes for the year. The UNICEF team tabled ongoing health programmes which are expected to be scaled up and new ones to be introduced. The expected outputs […]
KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK (KCB) PARTNERED WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO DONATE AND DISTRIBUTE ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS
The donation included 109 bags of maize, 24 packs of vegetable oil, and 150 packs of Uji mix flour to alleviate the food stress faced by the residents. The donation was worth one million Kenyan shillings to residents of Lochwaa, Lokichar ward. During the distribution event in Lochwaa yesterday, Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus expressed […]