Day: October 15, 2024
Makueni team tours Murang’a for agro-ecology benchmarking
A delegation from Makueni visited Murang’a County to benchmark on development of an agroecology policy as well as its implementation. The team led by Makueni Chief Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Agriculture Joyce Mutua included members of the County Assembly, representatives from the office of the county attorney, farmers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector. Ms. Mutua, noted that
Kericho Pupil Wins Prestigious First Lady’s Mazingira Award
Meet Joy Jerop Kibichii, a grade four pupil from Kericho Academy who received an award from First Lady Mama Rachael Ruto for emerging number one in the First Lady’s Mazingira Award (FLAMA) competitions in the spoken word category. The 10-year-old champion of conservation accompanied her teachers and fellow pupils to the FLAMA Awards ceremony in State House Nairobi during Mazingira
Clean energy campaign gathers momentum in Nakuru
The County Government of Nakuru has embarked on a promotional campaign to accelerate adoption of modern clean cooking technologies to mitigate the effects of climate change and help reduce rising cases of diseases occasioned by dirty fuels. This comes even as the County’s administration indicated that the public awareness campaign was a way of supporting the national government’s Clean Cooking
Kajiado Women Trained on Land and Property Rights
Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network (KELIN) has trained women in Kajiado on land and property rights in a bid to transform social norms regarding women rights. Caroline Oyumbo, a paralegal at KELIN noted that Maasai women do not have a say in matters land and properties in general and their main aim was to change this so that women