MEDS and Health officials agree to strengthen partnership to ensure efficient Supply of medical commodities to the County
In an effort to ensure adequate and efficient supply of Health Products and Technologies (HPTs) to health facilities across Turkana, Mission for Essential Drugs and Supply (MEDS) and County Ministry of Health will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the near future. Speaking during a prayer meeting yesterday at St-Teresa Pastoral Center in Lodwar, […]
Validation and Registration Enumerators Receive Training today at Ceamo Hotel
The training of enumerators for the purpose of vetting and enrolling eligible households into a relief food distribution program under the LISHA JAMII initiative has today been concluded in Turkana Central. The World Food Program (WFP) led initiative with support from the County and National Government agencies targets to enroll 28,813 Households at designated Food […]
New Malaria Prevention Strategy, ‘SMC’ set to reduce malaria related deaths among Children in Turkana
Malaria specialists from Moi and Duke University, yesterday in Lodwar met with County Health Officials to initially discuss a proposal to introduce Seasonal Malaria Chemoprohylaxis (SMC) as an additional strategy to reduce malaria related deaths among children in Turkana. Speaking while closing the meeting at County Health Ministry Headquarters Acting Chief Officer Joyce Illikwel said […]
Turkana County Joins the Fight to End TB: Screening and Treatment Efforts on the Rise
Turkana County commemorated World Tuberculosis (TB) Day with a call to action to end the epidemic through intensified screening for early diagnosis and treatment. Marked annually on the 24th of March, World TB Day is meant to remind people that TB still remaining one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. This year’s theme “Yes, We […]
Agriculture officials meet partner representatives over integrated projects
County Executive for Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries David Erukudi this evening chaired a consultative meeting between county officials and representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organisations (FAO), GIZ and World Food Programme (WFP). The objective of the meeting, held at the sidelines of the saline agriculture conference in Kakuma, was to discuss state of […]
County cushions Illimanyang Community against the effects of the current drought
The Directorate of Social Protection has embarked on the distribution of special food items to the Illimanyang community in a bid to cushion them from the harsh drought condition that occasioned to the loss of many animal herds; a prime source of their livelihood. The aid benefited a 100 households from an allocation of Ksh. […]
Hundreds of Lodwar’s urban slum residents benefit from free TB screening
Turkana County Government, through County Department of Health and Sanitation, has screened over 400 people in the low-income neighbourhoods of California and Soweto for tuberculosis (TB) in line with its strategy to eradicate the fatal infectious disease in the county. The three-day screening exercise, leading up to the World TB Day marked every year on […]
GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI COMMITS TO SERVING ALL RESIDENTS OF TURKANA IRRESPECTIVE OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION
Nachukui, 22nd March 2023 (Governor’s Press Service) – Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai has reiterated his commitment to serve all residents of Turkana equally regardless of how they voted in the last elections. He said: “We have agreed to work with elected leaders who are focused on service delivery to residents. It is now time to deliver […]
Saline Agriculture Conference kicks off in Kakuma
A three-day Saline Agriculture Conference has commenced in Kakuma, Turkana West Sub County. The conference has brought together participants from the National and County Governments, United Nations organizations, and the private sector. The aim of the conference is to discuss the risks, challenges, and opportunities of saline agriculture and to develop a way forward under […]
GOVERNOR LOMORUKAI CALLS FOR SHIFT IN FOCUS OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Kakuma, 20th March 2023 (Governor’s Press Service) – Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai has called for a paradigm shift in development programmes to focus on building the resilience of residents of Turkana. The Governor stated that the recent drought had exposed the vulnerability of communities despite the number of development programmes. He said: “We need to refocus […]