BOOST FOR ECDE IN TURKANA AS SAVE THE CHILDREN DONATES LEARNING MATERIALS
ECDE Centres in Turkana have got a major boost after Save the Children donated many learning materials for young learners to enhance their education. Speaking today after receipt of the materials, the ECDE Director, Ezekiel Kulal, confirmed that the consignment included 300 ECD learning kits, 135 play mats, and 300 learning charts. He added that […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT PREPARES A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO TIMELY RESPOND TO THE FORTHCOMING EL-NINO
The recent Kenya Meteorological rainfall forecast for the October-November-December season, clearly predicts there will be above normal rainfall at 55%, way above near normal precipitation at 35% occurrence of El-Nino in Turkana County. Above-normal rainfall in Turkana is positively correlated to both flash and river floods in most areas across the entire county. In this […]
TURKANA LEADERS UNITE IN PUSH TO END INSECURITY IN TURKANA EAST KAMUGE, 30TH SEPTEMBER 2023 (GOVERNOR’S PRESS SERVICE)
Turkana leaders have demanded immediate action to enhance security in bandit-prone areas of Turkana East Sub County. Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai has stated that the leaders will take action to address the banditry menace. He emphasized that they will not stand by while the county’s residents continue suffering at the hands of bandits. “I come from […]
EACC TRAINS TURKANA PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD IN READINESS TO UNDERTAKE WEALTH DECLARATION EXERCISE
Turkana County Public Service Board (TCPSB) members and staff have benefitted from a three-day training by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption team in order to prepare for the wealth declaration exercise. The exercise, a legal requirement for all employees in the county public service, is set to commence in November 2023 for over a period of […]
LODWAR MUNICIPALITY EMBARKS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS UPGRADE PROJECT
A comprehensive public engagement exercise has been initiated to upgrade four informal settlements at Nabute, Soweto, Napetet, and Ngitakito areas in Lodwar Municipality through the Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Plan (KISIP). The upgrade is to streamline the provision of essential social amenities, including access to clean water and electricity in decent housing for the residents. […]
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND HERITAGE ENGAGES GROUPS IN COUNTY-WIDE AUDITIONS
The Department of Tourism and Culture has engaged various cultural groups in auditions taking place across Turkana County. The audition consists of cultural groups presenting ‘edong’a, ‘Lodapal’, ‘Naleyo’, ‘ekaro’, and ‘ekimomwor’ in various categories. Additionally, the teams are also displaying their unique cultural materials as an expression of their different and distinctive lifestyles. Similarly, try-outs […]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TRAINS SUB-COUNTY HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAMS ON PRIMARY CARE NETWORKS
The County Department of Health and Sanitation has trained its Sub-county Health Management Teams on Primary Care Networks (PCNs), aimed at strengthening the primary healthcare services (PHC) at the community level. The PCNs, developed by the National Ministry of Health, are meant to foster a more resilient healthcare system through the prioritization of PHCs to […]
TURKANA COUNTY ONE HEALTH UNIT INTENSITIES FIGHT AGAINST RABIES
Turkana County has joined the world in marking World Rabies Day with a call to eliminate the zoonotic disease by vaccinating domestic animals that are carriers of the fatal rabies virus. The day marked, every 28th September, was celebrated for the first time in Kaikor, Kibish Sub-county; under this year’s theme “All for 1 One […]
GOVERNMENT ISSUES COUNTY-WIDE ADVISORY TO PASTORALISTS AHEAD OF EL NINO FLASH FLOODS IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR
The government officials and partners meeting in Lokichar, Turkana South for a second day, have issued an advisory to the pastoralists across Turkana County in a move keen to avert any emergency arising from the predicted above-normal rainfall of 55% posing worst-case scenario in hotspot areas prone to flash floods. On Agriculture, Livestock Development, and […]
TURKANA LEADERS WARN DUPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS FUELLING BORDER CONFLICT KAPEDO, 29TH SEPTEMBER 2023 (GOVERNOR’S PRESS SERVICE)
Turkana leaders have raised alarm over the duplication of administration units along the Turkana border with Baringo County and warned that the move risks fuelling conflict over land. Speaking in Kapedo on Thursday, the leaders led by Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai, said new divisions promised by Cabinet Secretary for Interior Prof Kithure Kindiki to be launched […]