New FLLoCA project screening environmental, social safety compliance begins
Lodwar – December 3, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government has launched a new round of environmental and social safeguards screening for all projects implemented under the 2024–2025 Financing Locally Led Climate Change Action (FLLoCA) programme. The exercise aims to ensure that ongoing and completed interventions comply with environmental safety standards and […]
Evidence-based approaches boost child health and nutrition in Turkana
Lodwar – December 4, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) In a courtesy call to the Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive Health, Agnes Mana, a delegation from UNICEF, Save the Children, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reviewed the implementation of two ongoing research studies aimed at reducing childhood illness and malnutrition in the […]
Funding shortfall endangers refugee reforms, DG Erus warns EU officials
Kakuma – December 3, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The Deputy Governor, Dr John Erus, has warned that a sharp decline in international funding for refugee operations and humanitarian support risks reversing years of progress in strengthening services and promoting the socio-economic inclusion of refugee communities in Kakuma Camp and the Kalobeyei Settlement Scheme. […]
Nanam community spurs SACCO support to boost access to finance
Napopongoit – December 3, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Nanam Ward Community has called on Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP) to support their local Savings and Cooperative Societies (SACCOs), driving efforts to boost credit access for the members. Community members said this during a Participatory Integrated Community Development (PICD) model, through which they mapped […]
Resilience study on HPV vaccine delivery nears completion in Turkana
Lodwar – December 1, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Executive for Health and Sanitation, Dr Epem Joseph Esekon, hosted a research team from Jhpiego led by Sabbina Githinji, the Technical Officer for the HPV Vaccine Acceleration Program Partners Initiative (HAPPI). The team paid a courtesy call to discuss the completion of an […]
Livestock marketing training opens doors for Turkana traders
Lodwar – December 2, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The leaders of the Livestock Marketing Associations (LMA) across Turkana, who came for the three-day training in Lodwar, have revealed that the training has opened new doors for livestock keepers, traders and producer organizations. “The training has sparked connections, forged marked links, and indeed the […]
Turkana Marks World AIDS Day
Lodwar – December 1, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government, led by the Deputy Governor, Dr John Erus, today commemorated World AIDS Day at the Livestock Market Grounds in Lodwar, Turkana Central. Marked globally every December 1, this day provides a crucial platform to reflect on progress, honour lives lost and renew […]
County conducts land mapping at Loima, Lokiriama, Lokichoggio
Lodwar – November 28, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The Department of Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Areas Management has conducted a mapping, an exercise aimed at documenting public land and fast-tracking issuance of title deeds in Loima, Lokiriama and Lokichoggio. Working in collaboration with National Land Commission (NLC), the State Department of Lands […]
Health teams intensify vaccine uptake against vaccine-preventable diseases
Lodwar- November 28, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The Department of Health and Sanitation has trained over 40 Sub-County Health Vaccine Depot Managers on vaccine management in ongoing measures to ensure Turkana is free from vaccine-preventable diseases through increased vaccination coverage. Facilitated by the County Government of Turkana and supported by the National Vaccination […]
Lodwar Municipality announces annual tree planting initiative
Lodwar – November 28, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Lodwar Municipality has announced that tree planting activity will be an annual event at this year’s event where more than 400 trees were planted across four institutions. The greening initiative is part of the World Bank–funded Kenya Urban Support Programme Phase II (KUSP II) The […]