Written by Nancy Naholi Nakuru City jointly with the Directorate of Housing and Urban Development has continued to explore potential areas of collaboration to improve city resilience and planning in Nakuru. Today, a team from the Humanitarian Open Street Map Organisation (HOTOSM) led by the Regional Director of East and Southern Africa Monica Nthunge paid […]
Nakuru Governor H.E. Susan Kihika has today urged the Israeli Government and Stanbic Bank to set up a potato factory in the County for the benefit of farmers. Governor Kihika, at the same time, agreed with the Israeli Ambassador to Kenya, Mr Michael Lotem to send experts from Israel to explore the possibility of purifying […]
The County Government of Nakuru is dedicated to creating an enabling environment for all traders, investors, business people and the transport sector. Today, the acting County Secretary Dr Samuel Mwaura and the County Executive Committee Member in charge of Trade, Tourism and Culture Hon. Stephen Kuria Muiruri and Chief Officer Trade Samuel Ndegwa held a […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu Innovations in the agricultural sector have helped to provide e-extension platforms for dairy farmers. Digital extension platforms provide market linkages and mobile-based mechanization apps that help tractor owners manage their machinery among others. Digital Agriculture Technologies has a reach to over 20,533 farmers across the county and Governor Susan Kihika’s administration […]
Written by Nancy Naholi A team from the National Government State Department of Housing and Urban Development Affordable Housing Programme Delivery Unit has recently concluded its two-day fact-finding mission in Nakuru County. The aim of the visit was to establish the viability of the Affordable Housing Programme in the county and record the priorities of […]
Governor Susan Kihika today played host to the president of the General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and a host of other religious leaders who are in Kenya for a two-day spiritual visit. Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Ted N. C Wilson, who is the world spiritual head of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, congratulated […]
Nakuru Governor H.E. Susan Kihika has called for more funds to buy maternity beds and linen in all maternity wards in the County. Governor Kihika lamented that more funds were being used for capacity-building programs while the majority of the hospitals lacked adequate beds and linen, making it difficult to improve the figures of mothers […]
The Nakuru County Secretary Dr Samuel Mwaura today represented Governor Susan Kihika during the homecoming celebrations for Gilgil Member of County Assembly Hon. Rose Njoroge. The event was attended by the area MP Martha Wangari, the speaker of Nakuru County Assembly, Hon. Joel Maina Karuri, CECMs and COs from Nakuru county, clergy from various churches […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu Community youth tournaments are significant in ensuring that youth are not involved in crime and drug and substance abuse in the county. It will further help develop strong social bonds and safer places and cohesion between people who live within the community. This was highlighted during the launch of the Nakuru […]
Written by Mercy Kihugu 80% of Africa’s poor are smallholder farmers, and the vast majority of them rely on seasonal rains to grow their crops. Farmers plant and harvest at the same time, flooding the markets at low prices and leaving much of their crops to rot before it is eaten or sold. This dependence […]