The Napuu Irrigation Scheme, located 16 kilometers east of Lodwar town, showcases how expert support can unlock Turkana County’s food production potential to produce enough food to sustain itself and supply other regions. For instance, the scheme’s successful harvest of watermelons exceeded local demand in Lodwar, attracting markets in Kitale and Uganda. Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) Managing Director, Sammy Naporos, reports that the 150-acre farm currently houses 100 households.
According to Naporos, the president has instructed KVDA to develop the first 52,000 hectares of land for irrigation, with the aim of producing food in Turkana and West Pokot counties. The farm produces various crops such as sorghum, maize, watermelons, and more.
Construction of classrooms to host grade 9 Junior Secondary School learners in Murang’a is complete, the County Director of Education Ms. Ann Kiilu has confirmed.
Speaking on Friday when she commissioned four grade 9 classrooms at Technology Primary school the Director revealed that in phase one, the county was allocated 82 classrooms which already have been completed. She added another that 172 classrooms which the county got in phase two are at 95 percent complete, assuring that come early next week when the learners will resume studies for term one, all classrooms will be ready for occupation. Ms Kiilu added that in phase three, the county is allocated 30 classrooms which will be constructed from mid this month.
The Principal Secretary for the State Department of Basic Education, Dr. Belio Kipsang, has reported that the government has so far constructed 13,200 classrooms against a target of 16,000. Out of these, 3,100 classrooms were built through the National Government – Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), while the Ministry of Education completed 10,100. He noted that the Ministry had set a goal of 11,000 classrooms, expected to be ready before schools open, while the NG-CDF aimed to build 6,800 classrooms.
A woman died after jumping out of a moving 14-seater matatu which lost brakes while ferrying passengers from Karatina to Embu. The matatu reportedly lost its brakes after passing Kagumo Town within Kirinyaga County, and the driver was able to control it for a distance of about 10 kilometres before it landed on the farm at Gitwe near Kirinyaga University with no more fatalities and injuries.
The driver of the matatu that operates under 4NTE Sacco pleaded with passengers not to jump or open the windows as he tried to control the vehicle, but out of fear, two people, a boy and a woman, jumped out with the woman, who jumped out near the Kerugoya Boys gate, dying on the spot while the boy escaped with minor injuries. The road users said the matatu passed through the busy Kerugoya town on high speed, which raised the alarm as the doors were open. The 4NTE matatu Sacco manager in Kerugoya, Samwel Kamau, said the driver did his best to control the vehicle, and those who remained are all safe. He said the driver at some point passed in between 2 vehicles, damaging side mirrors and plucking out the passenger door.
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