Written by Brenda Chelang’at Nakuru County Government is striving to ensure the construction of the Keringet Sports Academy is completed between the financial years 2024-2027. This will give the youth a chance to nurture their talents at the state-of-art sports facility. This aligns with Governor Susan Kihika’s manifesto on developing and growing sporting talent across […]
The World Wetlands Day, celebrated annually on 2 February, aims to raise global awareness on the vital role of wetlands for people and the planet. This day also marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. Nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands […]
Written by Ruth Magak The County’s Department of Health Services has demonstrated a successful implementation of Event-based Surveillance – EBS, under the Global Health Security – GHS Project through the Ministry of Health. EBS has been implemented in Nakuru at different levels namely the Hospital Event-Based Surveillance-HEBS and the Community Event-Based Surveillance-CEBS since 2019. Nakuru […]
Written by Niva Kimutai More than 260 youth in Nakuru County have benefited from digital literacy training through the collaboration between the County Government and Generation Kenya. Currently, the training is ongoing at Shabaab Digital Centre with 80 youth benefiting from the digital freelancing program. The training seeks to equip the youth with digital skills […]
Written by Jeremy Ogolla The County Government of Nakuru, through the Department of Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives, and USAID’s Kenya Small Business Development Centers (Kenya SBDC) program have partnered to train Coffee Cooperatives leaders from Nakuru County. The training aims to empower Cooperative leaders to acquire skills and deepen their knowledge of Leadership and Governance, […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu The County Government of Nakuru in partnership with USAID is working to implement a project dubbed ‘ USAID Empowered Youth’ to support innovative and sustainable strategies, partnerships and youth-led approaches that promote youth empowerment, connect youth with each other and increase access and utilization of social and economic opportunities in the […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu More than 12,000 individual farmers and 133 farmer groups within the Dairy, Pyrethrum and Aquaculture value chains in the county have benefitted under the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme II (ASDSP). The programme is being implemented in all eleven sub-counties and seeks to develop sustainability within the three value chains for […]
Written by Nancy NaholiResidents of Nakuru County today took part in a public hearing on presentation of the sectoral proposals for Nakuru County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) 2023 and Medium Term Expenditure Framework budget (MTEF) 2023/2024 – 2025/2026. The County’s CFSP 2023 is prepared as provided under section 117 of PFM Act of 2012 which […]
Written by Elmad Ogara The Department of Water, Environment, Energy, Natural Resources and Climate Change today held a stakeholders Planning meeting meant to chart the way forward on the projects affiliated with the directorate of Environment and Climate Change. The CECM for the department, Dr Nelson Maara, lauded the stakeholders’ immense support, especially during the […]
Written by Nancy Kihara The department of Youth, Gender, and Culture, in partnership with the Lions Club of Nakuru, the Hindu Council and the Living with Hope foundation, are planning a distribution exercise for mobility devices to people living with disabilities within Nakuru County. Living with Hope foundation also known as Hope Mobility Kenya, who […]