The national government in conjunction with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has set aside three billion shillings to compensate 10,000 casualties of wildlife attacks in the country. Speaking during the annual meeting of the community wildlife conservation committee held at Homa bay county commissioner’s compound, the senior assistant director for the Western conservation area Catherine […]
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The body of a 16-year-old boy was yesterday retrieved from the waters of Lake Victoria after a drowning incident last Friday at Nyagwethe beach in Gwasi North Location, Suba South Sub County. The boy identified as Daddy Oruma Olwal was seen swimming in the lake on that fateful day and had ventured into the deeper parts of […]
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Residents of Sidede Village in upper Kwandiku Sub Location within Ndhiwa constituency bordering Ruma National Park decry tsetse fly infestation causing diseases and deaths of their domestic animals. The residents who major in livestock farming have expressed their concerns over the losses incurred as a result of widespread infestation of tsetse flies in the area, […]
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Students from Magare Primary School in Homa Bay town were among beneficiaries of Kisumu Youth Football Association (KYFA) programme aimed at eradicating open defecation in the County. KYFA in collaboration with UNICEF, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education commemorated World Menstrual hygiene Day by touring 30 schools; 11 within Homa Bay town […]
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Homa Bay County Diaspora Community (HBC) leaders through their tree planting project dubbed, One Child One Tree have embarked on a project aimed at improving the county’s total forest coverage. This initiative is expected to transform the landscape of the county and attain the 10 per cent forest cover required by the government from the current 2.61 per […]
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