The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) will erect a concrete barrier along a four-kilometre stretch of the Nakuru – Eldoret road in the Ngata area, Nakuru County to curb accidents. The move by KeNHA to separate the traffic lanes at the blackspot on the highway is in response to a letter by Nakuru County Governor […]
Nakuru County Government will drill a borehole at the Nakuru Prisons to eliminate the constant problem of water at the correction institution. Governor Susan Kihika has acknowledged that Nakuru Prisons was among many institutions in the country which lacked water and offered to drill a borehole to provide prisoners with a constant supply of water. […]
Tens of girls in Nakuru County are set to benefit from a program that will train them in various fields of construction. Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika today said that once trained, the beneficiaries will form part of hundreds of youths who will be employed under the housing program in which the county has been […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu The percentage of adolescent girls aged 10-19 who became pregnant between October 2021 and September 2022 is 17%, according to the county health department. This means there is a need to have a multi-stakeholder approach to reduce the cases among school-going girls. The County Government of Nakuru in collaboration with the […]
Written by Jeremy Ogolla Nakuru County is in top gear to receive and redistribute the subsidized fertilizer issued by the National Government to all farmers ahead of the expected March rains. The low-cost fertilizer project launched by the National Government, through a programme dubbed Fertilizer Subsidy Programme (FSP), will see farmers get the fertilizer directly […]
Written by Nancy NaholiThe Chairperson of the Nakuru City Board Stella Karanja today led Members of the Board and the Management’s Technical unit to inspect all the projects currently under implementation in Nakuru Town East and Nakuru Town West constituencies. The long-day visits were meant to enable Members of the Board to inspect the progress […]
The Nakuru County Government today pledged to work with the National Government to conserve the environment and reduce the current wave of forest fires. Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika said the county was home to three lake bodies, two gazetted forests and an avalanche of environmental resources which obligates her administration to play a key role […]
Written by Nancy Kihara Road user behavioural changes are necessary to help reduce and prevent road collisions. This can be partly achieved through awareness programmes of education, training, and publicity. CECM for roads and Transport, Eng Michael Kamau, today met a team that has been tasked to plan for the KENHA Public Participation. The meeting, […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu Sports CECM Hon Josephine Achieng accompanied by Sports Chief Officer Stella Mwaura today inspected the progress of the construction of Phase 1 of the Afraha stadium in Nakuru Town East Sub-county. It was noted that the construction is at 60% complete and the contractor was urged to work and ensure the […]
Written by Niva Kimtai The Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), Voluntary Services Oversea (VSO) Organization and the Deaf Child worldwide Organization today paid a courtesy call to Education CECM Hon Zipporah Ngugi to discuss areas of collaboration in supporting and empowering the deaf learners in schools in Nakuru County. This partnership is geared towards […]