GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI DECLARES WAR ON LAND CARTELS AMID CALLS FOR UNITY IN TURKANA
Natoot Village, Lodwar, 26th April 2025 (Governor’s Press Service)—Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai has issued a strong warning to land cartels operating within Lodwar Municipality, pledging decisive action to protect public land and uphold lawful acquisition processes. He said this while attending the burial of late Councillor Philiph Eyanae Lobelu, whom he eulogised as a decorated Kenya […]
PLAN TO INTEGRATE KAKUMA REFUGEE ECDES INTO COUNTY GOVERNMENT UNDERWAY
Lodwar, 25th April, 2025 (Public Communications and Media Relations) The County Department of Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) and Social Protection and Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have initiated discussions on the formal transfer of 13 pre-primary education centers in the Kakuma refugee camp to the County Government. During the meeting, Chief Officer for ECDE […]
COUNTY, CLIMATE CHANGE FUND INSPECT WATER PROJECTS UNDER FLLOCA PROGRAM
Lokichoggio – 24th April, 2025 (Public Communications and Media Relations) The County Directorate of climate change has concluded the inspection of water projects funded by the Financing Locally-Led Climate Change Action (FLLoCCA) in Lokichoggio, Turkana North and Turkana West sub counties. The joint inspection team was led by Director of Climate Change George Emase and […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT PROCURES TWO REFRIGERATORS TO STRENGTHEN COLD CHAIN SYSTEM IN RIOKOMOR COMMUNITY
Riokomor – April 24, 2025 (Public Communications and Media Relations) The County Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive, Janerose Tioko, delivered two refrigerators to the Riokomor community in Turkana North. Chief Tioko stated that the county government had procured the refrigerators for vaccine storage to strengthen the Cold Chain System, ensuring timely vaccine availability for […]
TURKANA COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN DIGITAL MATURITY INDEX PILOT PROGRAM
Officials from various departments of the Turkana County Government took part in a pilot exercise for the Digital Maturity Index (DMI), a program designed to facilitate structured digital transformation within local governments. The initiative provides a standardised framework for assessing digital maturity, responding to the growing need for improved digital services. The workshop, organised by […]
SEED BULKING STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN LIVESTOCK FEEDS SYSTEM
Songot, April 23, 2025- (Public Communication and Media Relations) The strategic collaboration between IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) and the the County Government through the Directorate of Livestock Production, and other development partners, play a key role in ensuring the Naremito Fodder Producer Group’s intention to strengthen livestock feed systems through […]
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, KENYA RED CROSS SOCIETY DISCUSS THE UPCOMING AI- ENABLED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Lodwar- April 22, 2025 (Public Communications and Media Relations)- The Department of Health and Sanitation hosted the Kenya Red Cross Society Surveillance Unit in a courtesy call to discuss the upcoming AI- Enabled Surveillance System. The Community-Based Surveillance (CBS) feasibility Assessment will be carried out in Kalobeyei, Kakuma Municipality in Turkana West Sub-county. Chairing the […]
PHYSICAL PLANNING KEY IN MAPPING RESOURCES IN TURKANA – GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI
Lodwar, April 16, 2025 (Governor’s Press Service) – Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai today received a delegation from the State Department of Physical Planning, IGAD, and the National Land Commission at the County Headquarters in Lodwar. The team, led by Assistant Director of Physical Planning Mogeni Ntabo, updated the Governor on the ongoing spatial planning exercise for […]
GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI HOSTS RCEA MISSIONARIES
Lodwar, 15th April 2025 (Governor’s Press Service) – Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai today hosted a delegation from the Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA) missionaries, under the US-based non-profit organisation Hands On Mission. The delegation, led by Hands On Mission Executive Director Reverend Stephen Hogge, announced plans to implement water, health, and education initiatives in Kalapata […]
GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF USAID FUNDING AS CUTS IMPACT TURKANA LIVELIHOODS
Lodwar, 20th March 2025 (Governor’s Press Service) – Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai has called for the restoration of USAID-funded programmes in Turkana, following aid cuts implemented during the Trump administration in January. Speaking today at the County Headquarters during a meeting with Marc Dillard, the US Chargé d’Affaires to Kenya, Governor Lomorukai highlighted that the funding […]