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KenGen, Kenya’s major electricity generating company, has spent Ksh994 million on community empowerment programmes in Nyakach Constituency, a huge amount going to the education sector. The sector consumed the lion’s share at Ksh300 million, with much of the cash going into funding bright and needy students in the area. More than Ksh197 million was spent…
The Kisumu county government has ordered all public transport owners to register their vehicles with Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (Saccos). The County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of Infrastructure, Energy and Public Work Mr Salmon Orimba said it is a Government policy that all matatus must be registered with Saccos warning that vehicles…
The government is committed to creating jobs for youths across the country using digital platforms, Information Communications and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eliud Owalo has said. Owalo said that this is in line with the government’s manifesto to create employment opportunities for the youth adding that they will ensure that all youth are engaged…
The Kenya Union of Sugarcane Plantation and Allied Workers (KUSPAW) has threatened to move to court to stop the process of leasing State-owned sugar factories if the debt owed to workers is not cleared. Union Secretary General (SG) Francis Wangara said the workers were owed over KSh5.5 billion yet there was no clear indication of…
The County Government of Kisumu has launched a subsidy programme to support individuals in the informal sector to enable them to have health insurance cover. In the subsidy programme dubbed Marwa, the county government will contribute KSh500 to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), with the balance being contributed by the beneficiaries. While launching the…
The British High Commissioner to Kenya, Neil Wigan has announced that firms in the United Kingdom (UK) are keen on investing in Kisumu County to leverage the region’s huge economic potential in agriculture and the blue economy. Wigan said the UK government was keen on supporting interested companies in Britain to invest in the lakeside…
Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) Executive Secretary Dr. Masinde Bwire has disclosed that pollution in the lake has increased by 50 percent over the last four decades posing a danger to human and aquatic life. Speaking in Kisumu during the 22nd Sectorial Council of Ministers on Lake Victoria Basin (SECOM-LVB), Dr. Bwire said that the…
A Kisumu High Court has barred new Chemelil Sugar Factory Managing Director (MD) Moses Kiprop Kolum from taking over office. Justice Stephen Radido made the ruling following a petition filed by farmer Michael Sidigu in December 2023 contesting the appointment which was made by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mithika Linturi. Sidigu had filed a petition…
Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang Nyong’o has lauded the government’s decision to extend the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Kisumu. Nyong’o said that the move was set to boost economic activities in the lakeside county and at the same time facilitate quick movement of people and goods from Mombasa to Kisumu and Uganda, and also…
The national government is set to revamp the fisheries infrastructure within the lake region counties at a cost of Ksh1.45 billion secured from the International Fund and Agriculture Development (IFAD). The funding channeled through the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP), will see 10 ultra-modern fish landing sites constructed in Busia, Kisumu, Siaya, Migori, and Homa…
