50 perpetrators of gender-based violence have been arrested in Trans Nzoia following a crackdown by local administration. Trans Nzoia County Commissioner, Samson Ojwang, said during the launch of the County Working Group on Gender Based Violence, that local administrators must be able to identify and arrest men responsible for the teen pregnancies in the region. […]
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Trans Nzoia County is set to give 670,000 Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLIN) in May to residents in a bid to combat malaria in the region. The Universal coverage of LLIN programme has seen Trans Nzoia County issue over 1.7million nets since the year 2011 to residents that has drastically reduced malaria cases in the region. Speaking […]
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The Trans Nzoia County Government has formed scouting teams that will help farmers detect fall army worms and locusts for intervention in good time. This comes as farmers embark on planting amid jitters of erratic rains in the region that is the country’s breadbasket though also home to fall army worms. Addressing farmers on Friday, […]
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A section of leaders drawn from Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties have decried increasing cases of insecurity that have rocked the region in the recent past. The leaders called on national security team led by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and county commissioners from the two counties to contain insecurity in the region. Led by Bungoma […]
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Security has been beefed up in Trans Nzoia ahead of the national examinations scheduled to start next week. Trans Nzoia County Commissioner Samson Ojwang’ who chaired examinations briefing meeting at St. Monica’s Girls’ High School, Wednesday, said necessary measures have been put in place to safeguard the integrity of the national examinations. Ojwang’ reminded examination […]
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