TURKANA TVET TRAINERS EQUIPPED TO BOOST COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION
Lodwar, 13 May 2024 Trainers of technical and vocational institutions in Turkana have completed a ten-day training in Competency-Based Education Training (CBET) aimed at facilitating the transition to a new curriculum focused on competency acquisition. The training, conducted by staff from the Kenya School of TVET (KsTVET), benefitted 37 trainers from the county’s […]
LOWASCO rapid response team restores Napuu boreholes, averting Lodwar water crisis
Lodwar, May 11, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The LOWASCO rapid response team have fixed Napuu boreholes, restoring the water supply to the populous regions of Kanamkemer Ward, including Nawoitorong and Mt. Kenya University. Esther Lokitoe, the Managing Director of LOWASCO, stated that the two-day supply interruptions had impacted the county headquarters, the Napuu […]
CLIMATE CHANGE DIRECTORATE ASSESSES COMPLIANCE WITH FLLOCA’S ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS
Lodwar – May 10th, 2024 The Directorate of Climate Change has begun an assessment of proposed projects under the Locally Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) to ascertain compliance with the. set requirements for funding by the World Bank and the County Government’s regulations. The Deputy Director of Climate Change, Thomas Kiyong’a, said the countywide assessment will […]
County Government, Concern Worldwide Animal Disease Control Program benefits 360,000 livestock across Turkana
Lotubae, May 10, 2024 (Public Communications and Media Relations) The County Government in partnership with Concern Worldwide, has been undertaking a livestock disease control intervention exercise in Turkana East Sub-County (Katilia and Lokori/Kochodin wards), and along Turkana South and Turkana Central Sub-Counties border areas. The exercise, which runs under the Enhanced Drought and Emergency for […]
Assembly Members Lead Tree Planting, Vow to Support Amendments to the Turkana Social Protection Bill and Policy
Kakuma, May 10, 2024 (Public Communications and Media Relations) Members of the Turkana County Assembly Committee on Labour, Gender, and Youth Affairs have expressed their support for the ongoing efforts by the Department of Education to amend the Social Protection Bill and Policy of 2022. Led by Alphonce Loteder, the Chair of the […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, VNG INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME, DEVELOP JOINT WORK PLAN AHEAD OF ITS LAUNCH LATER IN MAY 2024
Lokichar, May 8, 2024 (Public Communications and Media Relations) The Deputy County Secretary, Joseph Nyang’a today officiated a 3-day joint work planning workshop between the County Executives and the International Cooperation Agency of the Association of Netherlands’ Municipalities (VNG International) at Lokichar, Turkana South. The workshop aimed to discuss the potential and actual role of […]
COUNTY INVESTS IN MARKETS AT CROSS-BORDER LOCATIONS FOR TRADE PROMOTION, CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Lodwar, May 8, 2024 Hundreds of residents and traders are set to benefit from modern markets to be constructed by the County Government at four locations along the Kenya-Uganda-South Sudan-Ethiopia borders in the current 2023–2024 year. This was revealed by the Chief Officer of Trade and Enterprise Development, Robert Loyelei, who said that contractors had […]
COUNTY COMMENCE DRILLING OF NEW BOREHOLES TO REPLACE THOSE SWEPT BY FLOODS
Lodwar, 8th May, 2024 County Government, through the Department of Water Services, today commenced the drilling of four new boreholes in Lodwar as a response to the raging floods that swept away borehole 9- Kanamkemers’ main water supply. The initiative, based on a detailed flood disaster response plan by the Water Services department and sector […]
County introduces business kiosks to lure more entrepreneurs into commercial ventures in Turkana
Lodwar, May 8, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government of Turkana has unveiled 22 business kiosks across major towns in Turkana for lease by youth, women, and organized groups aiming to exercise their entrepreneurial skills through trade and commercial ventures. “The kiosks are at strategic locations in Lodwar, Kakuma, Lokichoggio, […]
County, mining partner hold talks on possible collaborations
Lodwar, May 8, 2024 (Public Communications and Media Relations) Chief Officer for Energy and Petroleum, Triza Amoni, hosted a team of officials from Solidaridad East and Central Africa Organization who paid a courtesy call to her office. Solidaridad East and Central Africa Organization team lead, Ritah Njeri said that the purpose of the visit was […]