Countywide auditions yield one choir per Ward for Tobong’u Lore Festival
Lodwar, December 7, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) All 30 wards in Turkana County will be represented at this year’s Tobong’u Lore Festival, following a competitive countywide audition process that identified one choir from each ward. Director for Culture, Arts and Heritage, Boniface Korobe, said the selected groups will present the signature Turkana Edonga […]
County, Lattice Aquaculture advance fish trade beyond Lake Turkana
Kakuma – December 6, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County and Lattice Aquaculture are expanding fish farming in Kakuma, Turkana West, with plans to roll it out to other sub-counties. This follows the Aquaculture Project’s donation of water pumps, floaters and a generator to Kakuma Bee Social Integrated Enterprise, boosting their fish farming […]
Turkwel residents validate urban development plan
Turkwel – December 5, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) Turkwel has officially joined the list of areas in Turkana with a formal Physical and Land Use Plan after residents endorsed a draft proposal during a public engagement forum. The milestone is expected to fast-track the transformation of the area from a predominantly rural locality […]
Nakwamekwi–Town Bitumen Road on progress, Inspection Team confirms
Lodwar – December 5, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The three-kilometre road connecting Nakwamekwi and Lodwar Town Centre through the Kenya Red Cross offices—currently under upgrade to bitumen standards by the County Government—is 34 percent complete, officials have disclosed. CECM for Roads and Public Works Benson Lokwang announced the progress after leading a multisector […]
County pledges support for Ateker initiatives to advance peace and development
Lodwar, December, 10th, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) County Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening initiatives that advance the collective aspirations of the Ateker pastoralist communities living across the borderlands of Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia. Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus said Turkana had already identified several flagship projects—including Kimormor, the cultural […]
County government leads healthcare financing sensitisation training
Lodwar- December 5, 2025 (Public Communications and Media Relations) At least 282 health facility-in-charges and Sub-County Health Management Teams have been sensitized on healthcare financing management including Social Health Authority (SHA) uptake in order to enhance financial autonomy, accountability, and service delivery at the primary health-care level. The four-day exercise targeting Turkana North, Turkana South, […]
County Government, partners to expand solar energy access
Lodwar – December 5, 2025 (Public Communication and Public Relations) Residents in selected parts of Turkana are set to benefit from improved access to clean and affordable energy following a new partnership between the County Government, the Diocese of Lodwar, and Solar Pledge East Africa. The collaboration was confirmed by County Director of Energy, Jackson […]
New FLLoCA project screening environmental, social safety compliance begins
Lodwar – December 3, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The County Government has launched a new round of environmental and social safeguards screening for all projects implemented under the 2024–2025 Financing Locally Led Climate Change Action (FLLoCA) programme. The exercise aims to ensure that ongoing and completed interventions comply with environmental safety standards and […]
Evidence-based approaches boost child health and nutrition in Turkana
Lodwar – December 4, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) In a courtesy call to the Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive Health, Agnes Mana, a delegation from UNICEF, Save the Children, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reviewed the implementation of two ongoing research studies aimed at reducing childhood illness and malnutrition in the […]
Funding shortfall endangers refugee reforms, DG Erus warns EU officials
Kakuma – December 3, 2025 (Public Communication and Media Relations) The Deputy Governor, Dr John Erus, has warned that a sharp decline in international funding for refugee operations and humanitarian support risks reversing years of progress in strengthening services and promoting the socio-economic inclusion of refugee communities in Kakuma Camp and the Kalobeyei Settlement Scheme. […]