345 people have been electrocuted across the country in the last three years, Kenya Power Manager for Safety, Health and Environment, John Guda, has said. Guda attributed 74 percent of the electrocutions to unsafe public practices, including illegal connections, poor wiring, vandalism and wayleave encroachments while 26 percent of the deaths were caused by negligence and non-compliant […]
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The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) on Friday arrested 12 people in Makueni county for using outlawed polythene bags. The 12 were arrested in Wote town by an enforcement team from NEMA that was backed by National Police service officers. Speaking to KNA during the exercise, Makueni County NEMA Director, Leonard Tampushi disclosed that the suspects […]
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At least 10,000 tree seedlings will be planted across Makueni County during this long rainy season, Makueni County Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Mr. Joel Mwangala has said. Mwangala said this at the Kenya Medical Training College Makueni where he launched the annual tree planting in the county. Consequently, he said the tree seedlings will be […]
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The United States and the county government of Kisumu on Tuesday signed a pact that could completely redefine how the US government engages with Kenya on the development front. The five-year term Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to plug the resource gap and enable the […]
Continue ReadingNandi County has partnered with UNICEF and Nutrition International (NI) in a bid to reduce alarming cases of malnutrition in the county. The partnership will be steered through the County Nutrition Action Plan (CNAP) funded by UK- Aid from the British government. Other partners include Baraton University, Moi University and the Academic Model Providing Access […]
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