PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON FISCAL STRATEGY PAPER (CFSP) 2024/2025 TAKES PLACE COUNTY-WIDE
February 23, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government through the Department of Finance and Economic Planning will today complete a two-day county-wide public participation exercise on the County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) for the FY’2024/2025. The exercise is taking place across all the sub-counties of Turkana County including Turkana North, Kibish, Turkana […]
COUNTY ONE HEALTH UNIT TO ROLL OUT TRAININGS ON ZOONOTIC AND VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES
February 23, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) County One Health Unit is set to roll out comprehensive training programs focusing on zoonotic and vaccine-preventable diseases to reduce their incidences and increase vaccine uptake respectively. The training, which would target community health promoters (CHPs) and community disease reporters (CDRs), will aim to strengthen community-based surveillance […]
BLUE ECONOMY STAKEHOLDERS URGED TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF LAKE TURKANA
February 22, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Deputy Governor of Turkana County Dr. John Erus has urged Stakeholders in the blue economy sector to speed up the process of unlocking the potential of Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert Lake-so as to uplift the livelihood of fisherfolk communities in the County. Speaking at a […]
COMMERCIAL PASTURE PRODUCTION PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS IN TURKANA
February 21, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government, in partnership with Sea Water Solutions and NARA – a UK-based company, is seeking innovative and sustainable solutions for the use of saline water for commercial pasture production. This was discussed during a courtesy call to the County Executive for Agriculture, Livestock Production, and […]
FOOD-BASED PROJECT BOOSTS FOOD SECURITY IN LOKICHOGGIO
February 21, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Department of Agriculture has evaluated the AIC Health Ministries’ Turkana 4 Resilience projects aimed at enhancing livelihoods in the Lokichoggio Sub-county. The projects are Nasinyono farm (286 acres), Nakinae Akiyar farm (200 acres) Agis NIA farm in Nanam (300 acres), 30,000m3 water pan, 13.5 acres […]
COUNTY HEALTH INTENSIFIES FIGHT AGAINST SEASONAL MALARIA PREVENTION
Lodwar, 21st February, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Health and Sanitation Department has partnered with the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to prevent malaria through a seasonal malaria chemo-prevention (SMC) campaign targeting remote areas in the county. This comes after the review of the proposed operation research, supported by CRS through Moi University, […]
BOOSTING RESILIENCE IN TURKANA WEST THROUGH CLIMATE PROOFING WASH PROJECT
February 20, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) A delegation from Plan International and other partners today paid a courtesy call to the Deputy Governor, Dr John Erus to discuss the Climate Proofing WASH Services (CPW) project. This is a 3-year initiative designed to strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity of refugees and host communities […]
BOOST FOR TURKANA GIRL CHILD EDUCATION AS KDII DONATES RE-USABLE SANITARY TOWELS FOR MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
February 20, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) In a bid to tackle the pressing issue of menstrual hygiene in Turkana County, K DE IGRATIUM International (KDII) has today donated 250 reusable sanitary towels aiming to support school-going girls who cannot afford safe menstrual hygiene products. Received by the Deputy Governor, Dr John Erus at […]
WATER SECTOR PARTNERS CONVENE TO ADDRESS INVESTMENT NEEDS FOR COUNTY WATER DEMANDS
February 20, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Turkana Water Services stakeholders held a consultative meeting to discuss strategies for attracting investments in the water sector to accelerate the realization of universal water access in Turkana. The stakeholders were drawn from the County Assembly and County Departments for Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, Climate Change, and Economic […]
THOUSANDS BENEFIT FROM PEACE WINDS JAPAN BOREHOLE REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN TURKANA NORTH AND SOUTH
February 19, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Thousands of individuals now have access to water following the successful completion of a one-year drought emergency response program in which 15 boreholes were rehabilitated in Turkana South and Turkana North. County Governments in collaboration with Peace Winds Japan, with funding from the Government of the Democratic […]