LOIMA RESIDENTS WELCOME THE NEW FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM
Enhancing agricultural productivity in Turkana County took center stage at an engagement forum held by county government officials in Loima Sub County. Residents were sensitised on agro-pastoral approaches for Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security (BREFONS) program, designed to improve living conditions and boost resilience against drought. County Executive Committee Member for Agriculture, Livestock […]
TURKANA TO BENEFIT FROM THE BLUE ECONOMY PROGRAM TO BOOST RESILIENCE AND LIVELIHOOD
Kalokol, July 5, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Turkana County’s Lake Zone is set to benefit from the Blue Economy Strategic Resilience and Livelihood Program (BESRLP), a project aimed at transforming the economic potential around Lake Turkana. As part of the ongoing Vijanainkilimobizz Mastercard Foundation initiative, the BESRLP is implemented by the World Food […]
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SENSITISES COUNTY OFFICIALS, MCAS ON INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (KISIP) IN TURKANA
Lodwar, 5th July 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The National Government has sensitised county officials and members of the County Assembly on the status of the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP) in Turkana. KISIP, a national project aimed at improving living conditions in informal settlements across county focuses on enhancing infrastructure such as […]
COUNTY DEPARTMENTS SET PERFORMANCE TARGETS, AHEAD OF SIGNING ANNUAL CONTRACTS AMID JULY, 2024
Lodwar, 5 July, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government of Turkana has taken the County Public Service through intensive training on the introduction of Performance Contracting as a deliberate effort aimed at linking development planning to budgeting. This is in order to ensure maximum benefit out of resource use; enhance capacity and […]
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES FURTHER STRENGTHENED AT THE GRASSROOTS
Lokichoggio, 5th July, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Department of Health and Sanitation has increased sub-county community health services (CHS) focal persons from 7 to 12 to coordinate the delivery of Community health services in the five newly created sub-counties. The five new focal persons for CHS will now be responsible for […]
COUNTY ON COURSE TO ESTABLISH FIRST PWD DATABASE
Lodwar, July 4th 2023 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government of Turkana is in a significant progress to establish the first database in Turkana, meant to support Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). This follows an ongoing data collection process across Turkana that was jointly done by the County Government and its partners UNHCR, Kenya […]
TEN COUNTY SCHOOLS SELECTED TO PILOT THE DIGITAL LITERACY PROJECT
Lodwar – 2nd July 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Ten schools in Lodwar town have been selected to pilot the Digital Literacy Project, aimed at introducing young learners to creative coding and robotics in support of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The eight-month pilot, funded by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and implemented by the Frontier […]
INTEGRATED TB SCREENING OUTREACHES COMMENCE TARGETING CROSS BORDER POPULATION
Lokipoto –2nd July 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Department of Health and Sanitation has commenced its cross-border tuberculosis (TB) screening outreaches, in conjunction with the Centre for Health Solutions (CHS), targeting the migratory populations along the Kenyan-Ugandan border. Using the One Health approach, the first integrated outreach was conducted in Lokipoto, Letea […]
TURKANA COUNTY RECEIVES WHEELCHAIRS FROM IRC AID PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Turkana County Directorate of Social Protection has received four wheelchairs from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) today. The donation aims to support persons with disabilities (PWDs) within the county. Chief Officer for Education, Social Protection and Administration, Etelej Korea Moses, expressed his gratitude to the IRC for their invaluable contribution. He emphasized that the donation […]
OVER 700 LODWAR RESIDENTS WERE SCREENED FOR DIABETES, HYPERTENSION
Lodwar, 1st July, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Department of Health and Sanitation has concluded screenings for diabetes and hypertension in Lodwar, revealing a low uptake of knowledge and information regarding these conditions. The screenings, conducted in conjunction with the Kenya Red Cross Society, were held at the town centre, opposite the […]