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 […]
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ITS PARTNERS TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN TURKANA
The Department of Health and Sanitation and its partners have charted the way forward to strengthen their partnership to utilize resources efficiently to enhance healthcare services in Turkana. In a two-day meeting, which points to the Governor’s Agenda on Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration, the Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive Health, Peter Lomorukai called on […]
TURKANA COUNTY IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC WARDS PRONE TO FLOODS, AS IT TEAMS UP WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP EL NINO PREPAREDNESS PLAN
The County Government of Turkana and its Development Partners have jointly identified 15 Wards out of 30, that will be prone to flash floods, after the Kenya Meteorological Department predicted in August 2023, that Turkana County is going to receive enhanced rainfall during the October-November-December season this year. The Wards listed to be prone to […]
NATIONAL, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS EARMARK SITES FOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN LODWAR MUNICIPALITY
The National State Department of Housing and County Government has identified four sites that will benefit from the second phase of the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Plan (KISIP2) within Lodwar Municipality. The four sites identified are Soweto, Napetet, Ngitakito, and Nabute. The move will address the critical need for decent housing and improved living conditions […]
IOM KENYA, COUNTY DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
The Deputy Chief of Mission at IOM Kenya, Sharif Faisal, paid a visit to Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus to explore avenues of collaboration between IOM and the County government. Faisal outlined IOM’s areas of focus in Turkana, highlighting their initiatives in mobility tracking, climate action through area-based approaches, and a commitment to evidence-based funding. […]
GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI MEETS FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO KENYA LODWAR, 27TH SEPTEMBER 2023 (GOVERNOR’S PRESS SERVICE)
Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai today hosted the French Ambassador to Kenya Arnaud Suquet, who paid a courtesy call on him at the County Headquarters. The Ambassador and Governor Lomorukai held talks on collaboration in the integration programme of refugees and host communities, climate change mitigation, vocational training and developing tourism products related to archaeology and human […]