February 10, 2024

Kisumu: Maternal Mortality Rate Drops By 30pc

The maternal mortality rate in Kisumu County has dropped by 30 per cent over the last five years, following a successful campaign to scale up hospital deliveries in the area.

The number of women delivering in health facilities has increased from 69 …

Jua Kali Sector To Benefit From Affordable Housing Projects

The government’s Affordable Housing Programme, which is set to kick off in Kericho County, will tremendously strengthen the county’s economy through opportunities for the Jua Kali sector.

The project has been linked to the Micro Small Medium Enterpr…

EAC To Rollout Unified Water Quality Policy

The East Africa Community (EAC) Member States are set to adopt a unified water quality policy, to safeguard Lake Victoria and other water bodies in the region.

Delegates, among them Cabinet Ministers and Permanent Secretaries from the seven Member S…

New HIV Infections Among Adolescents Remain Threat

Nakuru County is addressing the pressing challenges of new HIV infections, teenage pregnancies, and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) to reduce the ever-increasing numbers, especially among youths.

The chief officer for Public Health, Ms. Alic…

Govt Housing Project Transforms Urban Poor Population

The government continues to implement various housing programmes across the country under the Affordable Housing Project (AHP), aimed at transforming the lives of urban poor populations who live in slums.

Speaking when he gave a report on the status…

Clergy Supports Nyandarua Alcohol Control Act

The clergy in Nyandarua have thrown their weight behind the new county alcohol control act and vowed to use their influence to ensure the act is strictly observed to save a generation from alcoholism.

Speaking in Ol Kalou town during a press briefin…

Authority Plans To Register 50, 000 Airbnb

The Tourism Regulatory Authority (TRA) plans to enlist at least 50,000 Airbnb-based short-term accommodation facilities within three months.

The authority’s General Manager, Norbert Talam, said that already about 8, 000 AirBnB facilities have regist…

Protect Disabled Children, Parents Urged

Parents are being encouraged not to conceal their children with disabilities to secure assistance from organisations and philanthropists.

The spouse of Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has said that every disabled person should enjoy his or he…

CS Fires Two Land Officials

The Lands Cabinet Secretary, Alice Wahome, has fired two senior officials from her ministry for colluding with cartels to facilitate the grabbing of public cemetery land.

The Cabinet Secretary who was in Thika, to reclaim grabbed cemetery land said …

New Admin Block To Enhance Services Delivery

It was jubilation and fanfare as residents welcomed the opening of a new administrative headquarters building located in Kombewa Municipality, Seme Sub-County, Kisumu County.

Nyanza Regional Commissioner,Flora Mworoa, said that the magnificent state…