COMMUNITY

A team to foster and manage beadwork production among women in Turkana through the Ushanga Kenya Initiative has been launched today. The Ushanga County team will be chaired by the Deputy Governor Peter Lotethiro and will include the County Executive Committee Member for Tourism, Chief Officers for Finance and Economic Planning, Gender and Social Services,

The first case of acute watery diarhoea was reported on 11th January 2018 from Narengelup village of katilu ward. More similar cases from nearby villages were later admitted to Katilu sub county hospital which prompted the clinical team to query possibility of cholera. Initial investigations did not show evidence of cholera in the samples collected.

By Governor’s Press Service Turkana leaders have demanded for action on heads of police in Lokichoggio for laxity in their response to last week’s gun attack at Lokichoggio Secondary School, as victims of the attack were laid to rest today. Led by Governor Josphat Nanok the leaders called for a review of the security situation