Over 18,000 residents of Samburu west sub county and their 35,000 livestock will now have access to clean water after the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) sunk two boreholes as part of the national government’s drought mitigation program. Speaking during the commissioning of the two boreholes, KVDA Managing Director (MD) Sammy Naporos said that the […]
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National Youth Services recruitment has taken place in Samburu County, where 19 men and six women were enlisted. The Recruitment Officer Mathew Lolngojine told KNA in Maralal’s Kenyatta Stadium that the recruitment exercise was conducted without any hitch, adding that National Youth Services will now help young people join the police and Kenya Defence forces. […]
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Isiolo residents have been urged to report gender-based violence incidences on a new online platform in the government’s effort to eradicate practices like Female Genital Mutilation. The Isiolo County Commissioner, Mr. Geoffrey Omonding, urged the residents to take advantage of the platform to report incidents before they occur as an early warning mechanism that will […]
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In a bid to reduce livestock losses due to drought the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) has continued to promote the Sahiwal cattle breed to improve traditional herds in Samburu County. KVDA Samburu manager Patrick Thuranira said the authority launched this ambitious project in 2014 at Nomotio farm on the outskirts of Maralal town with the […]
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The National Assembly Security Committee has called on Samburu leaders to work closely with security agencies to ensure calm is restored along the Samburu /Baringo border. The committee, led by Teso North MP Oku Kaunya noted that local leaders have a major role in uniting warring communities through a bipartisan approach be it over pasture […]
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