RESIDENTS IN TURKANA EAST CALL FOR BOUNDARY DEMARCATION, PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE COUNTY SPATIAL PLAN
Residents of Turkana East have called on the County Government to draft a Spatial Plan that clearly demarcates the area boundaries that pave the way for accelerated development to uplift the area from many years of neglect. The requests dominated the public engagement meetings at Katilia, Lokori, and Kapedo. The engagement meetings are aimed at […]
JSC VISITS TURKANA COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOSTER COLLABORATION
The delegation of the Judicial Service Commission led by Chief Magistrate, Everlyne Olwande, paid a courtesy call to the Turkana Deputy Governor, Dr John Erus, on Monday at County Headquarters. The JSC briefed the Deputy Governor on areas and issues of common interest in the administration of justice, focusing on infrastructure and feedback from stakeholders. […]
NATIONAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ASSESS LOMIDAT ABBATOIR WITH INTENTION TO REVIVE THE FACILITY
The Kenya Defence Force (KDF), Kenya Meat Commission, and the leadership of Turkana County met on Monday to discuss the revival of the Lomidat Slaughterhouse in the new Lokichoggio Sub-county. The meeting was led by the Managing Commissioner for Kenya Meat Commission Brig James Githaga. The meeting today was a follow-up to the recommendation from […]
Centre for Environment Justice And Development (CEJAD), SOLIDARIDAD Partner With the County Government to Sensitive Miners and Other Stakeholders on Best Mining Practices
The County Government in partnership with the Centre for Environment Justice & Development (CEJAD) and Solidarid East and Central Africa, is implementing a five-year program called RECLAIM Sustainability (RS), to sensitize and train miners and other stakeholders, on environmental compliance, mine site rehabilitation and other environmental best practices in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining. […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, USAID IPS FORGE STRONG PARTNERSHIP RELATIONS UNDER PREG
To enhance community resilience and address the unique challenges Turkana County faces from time to time, the County Government and USAID implementing partners under the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG), concluded a five-day pause, reflect and co-creation meeting in Lodwar. The Chairperson to the PREG, who is also the Field Director for USAID […]
COUNTY HOLDS CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH KUDURA POWER EAST AFRICA LTD, VOW TO WORK TOGETHER
The County Government through the Department of Mining and Energy, held a consultative meeting with the KUDURA Power team in Lodwar, with a commitment to work together after investing in the development of the 22 solar mini-grids across Turkana County. The meeting narrowed down to the pertinent issues raised and finally reached a consensus-building meeting. […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT VISITS ISIOLO TO BENCHMARK ON CONSERVANCY MODEL
The Department of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change, and County Assembly have been at Lewa Conservancy in Isiolo County for a learning mission with the Northern Rangelands Trust(NRT). The team is on a learning mission to understand and enhance knowledge of the dynamics of managing conservancies, and implementation of NRT projects as implemented in […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, KEMFRI COLLABORATE TO UNLOCK LAKE TURKANA’S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
To enhance evidence-based decision-making on the utilization of Lake Turkana as an economic resource, the County Government of Turkana and KEMFRI have rolled out a joint research activity. The collaboration includes training fishermen residing along the shores of Lake Turkana on the blue economy value chain and the uptake of market opportunities associated with the […]
DHL COURIER SERVICES OPENS SHOP AT KALOKOL TO PROMOTE BLUE ECONOMY SECTOR
The world-renowned courier services provider DHL has opened its first-ever station at Kalokol in Turkana. The move is expected to create a platform in which fish and products from Lake Turkana reach the international market without the interference of middlemen who usually exploit the fishermen. Deputy Governor Dr John Erus presided over the opening of […]
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ACCELERATE CLOSING OF GOVERNANCE, HEALTH FINANCING GAPS
The Chief Officer for Medical Services, Dr. Gilchrist Lokoel, said that solving governance and health financing challenges would significantly improve the delivery of healthcare services in the County. Speaking while closing the Health Systems Strengthening co-creation meeting with USAID Kenya partners, Dr. Lokoel said, the technical assistance of the project will assist the health Department […]