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20/08/2022

Swearing in ceremony for the Governor - Elect H.E Kenneth Makelo Lusaka and Deputy Governor-Elect H.E Jenepher Mbatianyi will take place on Thursday, 25 August,2022 at Kibabii University Grounds.

15/11/2021

DUAL CARRIAGE WAY TAKING SHAPE!

Monday, 15th November 2021

Laying of asphalt concrete (AC) done on the Musikoma- Chepkube stretch.

We said it, we will get it done. One step at a time.

10/11/2021

Governor Wycliffe Wangamati has received The Korean Ambassador to Kenya H.E Choi Yeonghan, Cabinet secretary for Defence, Hon. Eugene Wamalwa and CAS for Water Dr. Andrew Tuimur at County Headquarters, Bungoma.

The three are scheduled to hold private talks before leading their respective delegations to Mt. Elgon for the commissioning of phase two of water supply from Chepyuk, Mt. Elgon to Kibabii in kanduyi, by the Korean International Co-operation Agency (KOICA)

27/10/2021

ADVOCACY MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS HELD

Wednesday, 27th October, 2021

Amref Health Africa in Kenya has met Stakeholders from Bungoma county earmarked to spearhead elimination of Soil Transmitted Helminthisasis (STH) and SCHISTOSOMIASIS (SCH) through mass distribution of drugs set run from December 2nd upto 5th. Also to be adopted is sensitisation on WASH interventions and advocating for mainstream behavioral change in the community.

The program supported by END Fund seeks to achieve and 80% reach of the population in the entire region with the aim of ensuring Bilharzia and intentional worms are totally eradicated by the year 2023.

In collaboration the Ministry of Health, schools administration and national government the program will cover all schools in the 45 wards and the communities around them. Other counties targeted in the program are Vihiga, Kakamega and Transzoia.

In attendance were, END Fund program Director Ms Irene Chemin, NTDS Programs Manager Amref Health Africa, Dr. Kevin Kinyua and a representative of DVBNTD Head Mrs. Wakesho.

Participants in the meeting included representatives from the County Government's department of Public Health, County Commissioner's office, County commander, Ministry of Health, religious & civic leaders and the media.

19/10/2021

GOVERNOR WANGAMATI REVS UP "UKULIMA MASHINANI" IN KIMILILI/MT ELGON

- Deputy Governor Prof Ngome is today meetimg 3,000 farmers in Kamukuywa, Kaptama and Elgon Wards in an initiative designed to rev up agriculture and push for diversification.

Dubbed "Ukulima Mashinani", the initiative will see Governor Wangamati meet 45,000 farmers picked through organised groups from across the County.

16/10/2021

BUNGOMA FARMERS OBSERVE WORLD FOOD DAY

MABANGA. Saturday, 16th October, 2021

Deputy Governor Prof. Charles Ngome has today led the country in celebrating World Food Day at Mabanga Agricultural Training Center.

The fete, attended by farmers from across the 45 wards in the county, is celebrated on 16th of October every year to create awareness on the need to ensure food security worldwide.

Speaking to the farmers, Prof. Ngome urged them to use the day to learn better farming practices to improve on their trade even as they contribute towards eradication of hunger. 98% of farms worldwide are family owned and mainly cultivate indigenous crops that yield little.

This year's theme " Better production , Better nutrition,a better environment and a better life" resonates well with the county's agenda for farmers to ensure sustainable practices by offering subsidies to farmers and technical support to enable them practice on a fairly leveled ground.
At the moment, Governor Wangamati is visiting farmers with the 'Ukulima Mashinani' Initiative that seeks to offer farmers a chance to learn from each other and assess their progress.

In attendance were the CEC for Agriculture Hon . Mathews Makanda, Chief Officer John Wasike and all the directors in the department of Agriculture.

13/10/2021

Governor Wangamati begins the 'Ukulima Mashinani' caucus that will see him meet farmers across the county in the coming days.

Today, he is in Tongaren Sub County.

06/10/2021

BUNGOMA'S PUSH TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE GETS SHOT IN THE ARM FROM UNFPA

Bungoma County on Wednesday received a shot in the arm for its ongoing obstetric fistula medical camp. UNFPA Country Representative Dr Ademola Olajide committed fistula repair kits to the medical camp, now in its third day, until the last patient undergoes corrective surgery.

Organised by the Office of the First Lady with support from MPesa Foundation, Amref and Flying Doctors Society of Africa, the camp will see up to 60 mothers undergoing corrective surgery by a team of specialised doctors.

Already, 26 mothers have successfully undergone surgery at the Webuye Sub County Referral Hospital.

The 4th such exercise since 2018, the medical camp seeks to help hundreds of mothers in the County - some of who have lived with obstetric fistula for decades - to recover their dignity. According to Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, the condition while largely treatable, is hugely stigmatising and is responsible for impoverishing families and breaking homes.

Making a case for Bungoma, the First Lady H.E. Caroline Wangamati said the County leadership had done so much including streamlining the running of healthcare facilities and improving healthcare infrastructure but can do with a boost from the partners.

In what signals even greater collaboration in healthcare between the County and partners, Dr Ademola said they will be placing Bungoma top on the list of 12 focus counties in which the UN body will be working for the next 5 years to improve the state of healthcare and addressing the worrying statistics of maternal health and specifically teen pregnancies.

The move followed discussions in which Governor Wangamati highlighted what he has done so far to improve healthcare in the county, the real burden of disease and areas in which partners could step in and help. Specifically, he requested UNFPA and MPesa Foundation to help equip the 300-bed capacity mother and child hospital due for completion in a month - a challenge the two entities accepted to undertake.

Head of MPesa Foundation Ms Karen Basiye said as an institution and in collaboration with others, they will be investing in equipping the facility towards ensuring that no mother suffers the indignity of fistula or any other gynecological complications because they are bringing forth a life.

Other high ranking officials that were part of the discussions are Advisor on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at UNFPA Dr Dan Okoro, Chief Executive Officer of Flying Doctors Society of Africa and Representatives from Amref.

29/09/2021

SUED AND COUNTY TEAMS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AS PLANNING MEETING STARTS

Wednesday, 29th September, 2021

A kick off meeting for the Urban Economic Plan involving the county's executive and the UEP team is scheduled for today to bring Bungoma City into realisation.

The meeting that will have the Governor and CECM for LANDS and Urban planning and his team attend with have representatives from various sector groups including; municipal wards, chamber of commerce, business groups, traders, juakali sector, universities and tertiary institutions, farmers associations, hospitality industry, transport owners,LREB, Bungoma dairy cooperative, special interest groups, youth representatives, traders/employer associations and civil society.

Bungoma was yesterday given the go ahead to start plans towards the expansion, decongestation and improvement of infrastructure using a grant worth Ksh 1Billion spread over a period of 3 years.

Bungoma is among 12 Municipalities that competitively won the Sh1 billion grant from the UK under a programme dubbed Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED).

Managed through the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), SUED is a £70 million five-year programme that will support the earmarked municipalities to plan their urban areas, create better market links and allow for climate resilient and sustainable growth.

27/09/2021

BIG WIN FOR BUNGOMA COUNTY AS BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER LANDS WITH SH1 BILLION GRANT

Governor Wycliffe Wangamati will tomorrow, Tuesday, September 28, 2021, host the British High Commissioner H.E. Jane Marriot and her delegation for the launch of the Sustainable Urban Economic Development Programme (SUED) which will see Bungoma Municipality receive KSH 1Billion for infrastructural developlment.

Included in the package will be technical advice on urban planning, training on urban management, investment promotion and value chain projects.

Governor Wangamati's quest to speed up the growth of the County has given the county leverage to claim a share of the £70 million fund from the Department for International Development ( DFID) that is meant to support the 12 fastest growing municipalities in the country.

The Ambassador will visit a number of sites earmarked for the upgrade.

The funds will be used among other things to decongest the CBD by upgrading the bus park and the main market. Other parts of the municipality namely Musikoma, Kabula, Tuuti-Marakaru, Bukembe West, Sang'alo west, South Bukusu, West Bukusu, Khalaba and Township Wards will benefit greatly from the grant.

20/09/2021

3rd First Lady Fistula Repair Camp is On!

The County Government of Bungoma through the Office of The First Lady in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Flying Doctors' Society of Africa and in collaboration with Amref- Kenya and International Cancer Institute (ICI) has organised an Obstetric Fistula Surgery Camp to run from the 4th of October, 2021.

The dates and venues for screening are as follows:

20th September- Ndalu Health Centre
21st September- Kopsiro Health Centre
22nd September- Cheptais Sub County Hospital
23rd September - Sinoko Sub County Hospital
24th September- Mt. Elgon Sub County Hospital
25th September - Siboti Health Centre

Webuye County Hospital will be holding screenings everyday until the 4th October 2021.

Screening for Breast, Cervical and Prostate cancers will also be at the centres listed above.

Share this information out and let us afford our women a life of dignity and independence.

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Office Of H. E. The Governor
Bungoma
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