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 The Council of Governors Chair Wickliffe Oparanya addressing the press in Kisumu where he reveal that the Council has already constituted a committee that is working on the recovery of the economies of the various counties after the Covid-19 ended-photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo     May 28, 2020 Governors work on economic recovery strategy in their counties due to Covid-19 GOVERNORS across the country are working to come up with strategies to help in the recovery of economy within their counties following the effects of Covid-19. Chairman of the Council of Governors Wickliffe Oparanya says the Council has already constituted a committee that is working on the recovery of the economies of the various counties after the Covid-19 ended. Oparanya says it is not known when the pandemic will end but such a strategy should be put in place as early as possible because already the pandemic has affected the economy of various counties. Addressing the

Chairman of the Council of Governors Wickliffe Oparanya addressing the press in Kisumu today-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo  By Dickson Odhiambo      May 27, 2020 County Governments map 1.9M Households requiring food support due to Covid-19 The County Governments have mapped 1.9 Million Households that require food support due to livelihood challenges related to COVID 19.  The Council of Governors Chairman Wickliffe Oparanya says out of the 1.9M households mapped, counties have prioritized 742, 038 homes for food aid through cash transfer, e-voucher and in kind food distribution.    Addressing the press in Kisumu today, Oparanya said so far 9 County Governments have been able to mobilize sh 1.087 Billion to support this initiative.  The Council of Governors say it appreciate the support by National Government to 250,000 households in ten counties and urge that the program be expanded to cover all the 47 counties. The Council has noted that the ongoing floo

 Members of the Public are being screened as they enter Kisumu City.Today three people have been confirmed in Kisumu to be having Corona Virus-Photo Courtesy.  By Dickson Odhiambo May 25, 2020 Three Cases of Corona Virus confirmed in Kisumu Three People have been confirmed to be positive with Corona virus in Kisumu County. Kisumu Governor Prof Peter Anyang Nyong’o says the three are confirmed cases since last Saturday May 23, 2020. In a press statement to the newsrooms today, Governor Nyong’o says two of the cases are currently at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital Covid-19 isolation center and the other one case is in an isolation center in Nairobi. Nyong’o says the first two cases who are both male aged 19 and 82 years respectively are long distant truck drivers whom the public health surveillance team intercepted having traveled from South Sudan and Uganda respectively through Busia Border Control last Saturday. “The third one, a

 Some of the food Items which a section of Journalists have benefited from the kitty fellow Journalists initiated recently.A total of 22 journalists have benefitted from it in Five Counties-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo  By Dickson Odhiambo May 9, 2020 Journalists get donations from colleagues as effects of Covid-19 bites A NUMBER of Journalists operating in five counties across the country have benefitted from donations from their colleagues who have sympathized with them as the effects of Corona Virus continue to be felt across various parts of the country. The Journalists under the initiative of Journalists for a Journalist has donated funds which has been used to purchase food items that has been distributed to their colleagues whom they feel are vulnerable and been affected by the Corona virus pandemic which has affected their work in one way or the other. Addressing the press during the distribution of the food items today in Kisumu, a member of the Committ