Over 7,000 participant from 50 African and global countries have confirmed their attendance at this year’s FESTAC Africa festival in Kisumu City.
The festival, which runs from tomorrow to Sunday next week will feature 20 sporting activities, including dance, drama, music, poetry, culinary arts, and tourism.
The main venue is the Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium, with 18 conference sessions expected.
Other events include 20 sporting activities, dance, drama, music, poetry, culinary arts, and tourism.
The event has attracted 200 key note speakers, 100 performing artists, and 150 exhibitors from different parts of the continent.
The festival also offers an array of special programs, making it one of its kind.
The festival, which was held in 1966 in Dakar, Senegal, is a celebration of African heritage and sustainable growth, serving as a convergence point for diverse cultures and industries.
Festac Africa Chairman Eng. Yinka Abioye said the festival will provide an opportunity for inter-county and inter-country trade, as well as for Africans to travel to different African countries to network and do business.
The County Government of Uasin Gishu is making notable strides in enhancing agricultural diversification and empowering its farmers in an ongoing distribution of pyrethrum seedlings. While representing governor Janathan Bii Chelilim, during the distribution of pyrethrum seedlings to residents of Lainguse in Tarakwa Ward, Kesses Sub-County, Agriculture County Executive Edward Sawe noted that a total of 400 sachets were distributed and its projection will facilitate the planting of 100 acres after propagation. He announced that an additional 800 sachets are set to be distributed in November, bringing the county’s target to over 300 acres of land cultivated with pyrethrum. The CECM assured farmers that through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KENTEGRA Biotechnology Holdings LLC, they will receive the support of an agronomist from KENTEGRA, who will assist them throughout their farming journey.
The Western Regional Director of Education (RDE), Jared Obiero, speaking to journalists in his office in Kakamega town. He says the National government is expected to spend over Sh1.2 billion towards the construction of 1243 classrooms for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in the four counties of Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, and Vihiga. “I have launched the construction works in a number of schools, including Kakamega Primary School, which has the largest number of 12 classrooms based on enrolment,” he said, adding that “each classroom is being constructed at a uniform cost of Sh1 million countrywide.” Obiero said additional classrooms are to be build under the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) kitty, which is under Members of the National Assembly (MP’s).
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