A pupil at the St Luke’s School for the Deaf in Embu, carries two tree seedlings to plant during an event to mark the International Day of Forests held at the school on Thursday. 400 sèedlings were planted during the event sponsored by the Rainforest Alliance in collaboration with The Kenya Scout Association.
In a landmark initiative aimed at revolutionizing healthcare accessibility and quality health care, Bomet County has partnered with World Tele-Health (WTI) to launch telemedicine robots in Longisa County Referral Hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the County.
Led by Deputy Governor Shadrack Rotich and WTI CEO Ms. Sharon Allen, the initiative marks a significant stride towards leveraging technology to bridge gaps in healthcare services, particularly in remote areas within Bomet County.
The collaboration between Bomet and WTI underscores a commitment to embracing innovative solutions to enhance medical care delivery.
Rotich highlighted the importance of telemedicine, stating, “Our partnership with World Tele-Health represents a significant step towards ensuring that our residents have access to quality healthcare services. Telemedicine technology enables us to bring specialized medical expertise to our healthcare facilities, ultimately improving patient outcomes.”
Turkana Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai has called on Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) to ensure that local communities benefit from its projects including in corporate social responsibility.
Speaking in Lodwar when he hosted a team from KenGen led by its Managing Director Peter Njenga, Lomorukai said the Turkana leadership was keen to ensure that residents got their fair share from the power plant’s revenues as it hosts the Turkwel Gorge.
He said there was a need to have a Memorandum of Understanding to guide the County Government’s engagement with the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
He said a legally binding framework would enhance inclusiveness, transparency and enable residents of Turkana to benefit from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), employment as well as business opportunities available at the Power Plant.
The Directorate of Children Services in partnership with Child Fund has organized a one day sensitization forum with relevant Nairobi County stakeholders working with children in a bid to strengthen the child protection system through prevention and response to Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA).
The DCS has developed an OCSEA training manual for Social Service Workforce and the Standard Operating Procedures that include building the capacity of county stakeholders on identification and response to OCSEA cases, and identification of Trainers of Trainers (TOTs) in the social service workforce to cascade OCSEA message to the Sub County level.
Through the Safe Community Linkages for Internet Child Safety (SafeCLICs) Project, the goal is to respond to OCSEA and systematically strengthen the Kenyan government agencies’ capacity to prevent and respond to OCSEA, improve children’s self-protection skills with the support of caregivers and communities, and also strengthen public awareness of OCSEA and connections to reporting and referral services.
While leading the consultative forum at a Nairobi hotel, the Deputy Director at the Department of Children Services Judy Oduor defined OCSEA as all acts of a sexually abusive and exploitative nature carried out against a child that have, at some stage, a connection to the online environment.
Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary, Soipan Tuya has called on the Community Forests Associations (CFAs) and Kenyans in general to embrace planting of fruit trees seedlings not only to make the country green but also to enhance food security.
According to the CS, there is need to embrace innovation and look for modern solutions to redeem forest cover.
Speaking at Majani area in Lariak Forest of Laikipia County, during celebrations to mark this year’s International Day of Forests, themed; Forests and Innovation; new solutions for a better world she noted that though there was tremendous efforts to conserve the environment, there is a need to ensure that the planted trees reach maturity.
She urged the community to plant a manageable number of trees that they can monitor and nurture to maturity before embarking on another planting exercise.
On innovation, she said that the country is geared towards using modern approaches to amplify the protection of forests while at the same time empowering the community on their needs.
Mt Kenya Times