TOURISM, CULTURE AND HERITAGE DIRECTORATES DIVERSIFY TOURISM AND CULTURAL PRODUCTS TO MARKET TURKANA COUNTY
The County Directorates of Tourism, Culture and Heritage are developing and diversifying tourism and cultural products, in recognition of the traditional beach and wildlife safari products that need to be in line with changing travel trends and patterns. Speaking during Tourism, Culture and Heritage Cluster Coordination meeting yesterday, Director for Tourism, Benedict Mukoo pointed out […]
UNICEF KENYA READY TO HANDOVER 76 BOREHOLES TO TURKANA COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS A RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT DROUGHT
The partnership between Turkana County Government and UNICEF KENYA has so far seen the drilling of 76 boreholes that UNICEF KENYA is ready to handover to the County Government as a deliberate intention to respond to a water stress situation that has led to shortage of water for both domestic and for the livestock in […]
THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO INVEST IN TURKANA, CEC LOOTE PERSUADES
The County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Gender and Youth Affairs, Elizabeth Loote has persuaded the investors within and outside the Country to make Turkana County their global competitive investment and trading hub of choice in the greater East African region. CEC Loote was speaking during an investment promotion meeting in Lokichar where technical officers […]
TURKANA COUNTY HEALTH AND UNICEF KENYA STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION TO ENHANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
The County Department of Health and Sanitation, led by County Executive Committee Member (CECM) Dr Anthony Apalia, held an in-depth discussion with the UNICEF Kenya team on upcoming programmes for the year. The UNICEF team tabled ongoing health programmes which are expected to be scaled up and new ones to be introduced. The expected outputs […]
KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK (KCB) PARTNERED WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO DONATE AND DISTRIBUTE ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS
The donation included 109 bags of maize, 24 packs of vegetable oil, and 150 packs of Uji mix flour to alleviate the food stress faced by the residents. The donation was worth one million Kenyan shillings to residents of Lochwaa, Lokichar ward. During the distribution event in Lochwaa yesterday, Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus expressed […]
KAKUMA BIASHARA HUDUMA CENTRE IS A UNIQUE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE NATIONWIDE ONCE OPERATIONALISED, DG ERUS AFFIRMS
The Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus has acknowledged the fruits of collaborative partnership between the County Government of Turkana, UNHCR and International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group in establishing the first of its kind Biashara Huduma Centre in Kakuma, Turkana West Sub-county. “As a County Government, we treasure the strategic partnerships we […]
KARAMOJA BEAUTY MODELS VOW TO SUPPORT KENYA-UGANDA CROSS BORDER PEACE INITIATIVES
County Government-led cross border peace program between Turkana of Kenya and Karamojong of Uganda along the Lokiriama corridor, has received a major boost after a group of beauty models have vowed to support the initiative. At a meeting with the County’s Director for Peace Building and Conflict Management, Geoffrey Apedor today, the team revealed their […]
DG ERUS HOSTS TEAR FUND DELEGATION
Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus this evening held a meeting with a delegation from Tear Fund UK, led by East Ham MP Stephen Timms Creswell, who is also the ambassador for the organization. During the meeting, Mr. Creswell, who was accompanied by representatives from local partner Anglican Development Service (ADS) explained his role as an […]
SPANISH SURGICAL TEAM RESTORES HEALTH AND HOPE TO NEARLY 900 PATIENTS WITH SURGICAL CASES
Turkana First Lady Lilian Ekamais has commended the Cirugia en Turkana (Spanish Surgical Team) for conducting 1,176 consultancies, out of which 874 were successful general surgeries, for nearly two weeks at Lodwar County Referral Hospital (LCRH). The First Lady was speaking in Lodwar yesterday during a dinner party organized by the Doctors to celebrate the […]
UNHCR AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMMIT TO STRENGTHENING COORDINATION AS JOINT RETREAT COMES TO AN END
Malindi, 9th February 2023 (Governor’s Press Service)— The Joint Retreat organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the County Government of Turkana came to a close with officials agreeing to strengthen collaboration in programme implementation. In his address during the closing session, Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai expressed his gratitude towards UNHCR for […]