The National Government disbursed over 883 million shillings in the last financial year to support poor households taking care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC’s) in the Western Kenya region. Regional Children Coordinator Duncan Ng’eno said that a total of 36,824 have been enlisted under the Cash Transfer -Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC’s program from region. He said that the

Kiambu residents have voiced their strong opposition to the proposed changes by the government on birth registration and also the introduction of the Maisha card identification ecosystem. A public meeting was convened on Monday at the Kiambu Community Hall by the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services with the aim of getting feedback from residents on the Births and

There is a need to focus on preventing the occurrence of gender-based violence (GBV) cases at the community level to contain the vice in the country, State Department of Gender and Affirmative Action Principal Secretary (PS) Anne Wang’ombe has said. Ms. Wang’ombe, who was being taken around the Gender Based Violence Recovery Centre (GBVRC) at Makueni County Referral Hospital in

Bungoma County has partnered with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce to host the highly anticipated October 2024 Trade Fair, Governor Kenneth Lusaka has confirmed. Speaking at the Bungoma Chapter, Chamber of Commerce meeting held at Hunters Paradise Hotel on Wednesday, Lusaka, said the event is scheduled to take place from 9th to 11th October 2024. He emphasised the partnerships

A climate change sensitive Non-Governmental Organisation will on-board more than 25,000 farmers on agroforestry, a sustainable farming initiative to transform lives in seven counties by the year 2026. Solidaridad Network Project Manager Betty Musendi said the project entered Kenya two years ago in of counties of Trans-zoia, Bungoma, Kericho and Nandi. Musendi revealed that in the first two years they

Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr has asked development partners working in the county to cooperate to ensure proper utilisation of resources in their areas of jurisdiction. Mutula emphasised the need for different partners involved in development activities to utilise the monies to implement proposed projects and ensure residents benefit from the aid. The Governor took issue with some organisations that

Government officials attended a community sensitization meeting at Sengera grounds in Kisii County to address residents’ concerns about the Maisha Namba Project. Led by Gucha Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Esther Kungu and Sub-County Registrar of Persons Caroline Andama, was intended to explain the vast benefits of the project, some residents expressed reservations about the proposed charges for acquiring the new

Africa’s youth have been encouraged to embrace engineering as a crucial driver of development and innovation across the continent. Speaking at the 10th annual UNESCO Africa Engineering Week – High-Level Workshop held in Nairobi, Eng. Maureen Mwaniki, Director of Public Affairs and Policy at Huawei Kenya, said the shortage of engineers in Africa, and the rest of the world was

The thirteenth Mara day celebrations have commenced in Narok County with delegates from neighboring country Tanzania, Bomet, Nakuru and Narok counties flocking the county to mark the event. Narok Deputy Governor Tamalinye Koech said the theme of this year’s celebrations is ‘flowing forward together, conserving Mara basin for bio diversity and climate resilience’. He said a chain of activities on

A section of farmers drawn from the tea growing zones of Murang’a County have been trained on various ways of crop diversification The move is intended to help the tea farmers not to depend only on earnings from tea, whose prices keep fluctuating, to support their families. In a training organized by the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) association,