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🕓 Sat, 03-Dec-2022
Our commitment to delivering on our development agenda to the people of Kericho County remains firm. The County Government of Kericho will continue working closely with the Kericho County Assembly through our MCAs to see this to fruition. Earlier During the Homecoming ceremony of Tendeno Sorget MCA Moses Rotich graced by H.E the Governor Dr Erick Mutai. The Governor assured the residents that he was Cognitive of the myriad of challenges the residents of Tendeno Soget face and together with their MCA Hon. Moses Rotich, they have agreed to prioritize the opening up of road infrastructure,stocking hospitals with drugs, availing clean water to residents among other key priority projects as they proposed in the County Integrated Development plan(CIDP) The Governor was accompanied by Kericho Women Rep. Hon. Beatrice Kemei,Kipkelion East Mp.Hon.Joseph Cherorot,Kericho County assembly Speaker Hon.Dr Patrick Mutai and a host of Mcas.

🕓 Sat, 03-Dec-2022
Going forward The County Government of Kericho shall invest in Sporting activities since it provides opportunities to our talented men and women to explore their potential and build on it for financial gain besides putting both our Country and County on the international Map. H.E the Governor Dr. Mutai Erick Kipkoech during the finals of the annual Senator Aaron Cheruiyot tournament held at the Green Stadium Kericho. While congratulating Lions Fc from Sigowet Soon for Winning the Men's Football and Kipchebor Fc for Winning the Womens Category, the Governor who was flanked by Senator and leader of Majority Aaron Cheruiyot ,Infrastructure CS Hon kipchumba Murkomen,Senate Speaker Hon Amazon Kingi, Kericho Mps and Mcas assured the sports fraternity of his governments support through improvement of existing stadia in his 5 year plan.

🕓 Fri, 02-Dec-2022
The County Government of Kericho is keen on a seamless and successful dispatch and execution of national exams within the County. Earlier this morning when H.E the Governor Dr.Eric Mutai and his Deputy Eng.Fred Kirui joined KNEC officials during the dispatch of KCSE examination to schools in Sigowet Soin from the division's depot in Kipsitet. The County Government of Kericho shall be a dependable stakeholder for the period that the exam will run. Acting C.E.C Education Judith Chepkorir,Sigowet Soin ACC Josphat Mwangangi, Assistant Sub county Education Director Allan Kipruto,Centre Managers accompanied the duo. We wish our candidates all the very best in this exam.

🕓 Fri, 02-Dec-2022
This year's occassion of the international day of persons with disability in Kericho County, was today held at Kericho town ,at the Kericho Vocational and Rehabilitation centre , with rallying calls to both the National and County governments and the private sector to improve inclusivity and mainstreaming of issues and concerns of People With Disability(PWD) The event themed "the role of innovation in fueling an accesible and equitable world" was presided over by H.E the Governor, Dr. Eric Mutai who reiterated his commitment on promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities at every level of society . In liaison with the County Assembly and other stakeholders he further assured the PWD community that the County Government of Kericho shall progressively increase appropriations towards PWDs more particularly for purchase of assistive learning and movement devices besides constructing friendly facilities especially after his appointment of a PWD as a chief officer and the further the anticipated employment of more PWDS into the County public service. Present during the celebrations were Deputy Governor Eng.Fred Kirui,Hon Martin Cheruiyot and Hon.Peter Kipkemoi amongst others.

🕓 Fri, 04-Nov-2022
The recently constituted taskforce on pending bills today handed over its final report to H.E Governor, Dr. Eric Mutai. The team had been tasked with the responsibility of verifying genuine pending bills so that they can be paid and bring to a closure the protracted stalemate pitting the County Government and service providers.

🕓 Fri, 04-Nov-2022
In an effort to contribute towards the fight against Cancer and other Non-communicable Diseases, the County Government of Kericho today broke the ground for the construction of a Basic Oncology Clinic at Kericho County Referral Hospital(KCRH). H.E the Governor, Dr. Eric Mutai while presiding over the event said the facility will be a stop gap measure in provision of palliative care to cancer patients who for a long time been undergoing challenges in accessing even the basic care. Later, the Governor who was flanked by his Deputy, H.E. Eng. Kirui Fredrick and a host of MCAs, toured the proposed site for the construction of a Ksh. 68m Comprehensive Chronic Disease and Oncology Hospital together with a Mother & Child Health Hospital, also situated at KCRH. The County boss said cancer is a silent killer and causes devastating economic impact to families and community.

🕓 Thu, 03-Nov-2022
The preparation of County Integrated Development Plan(CIDP) 2023-2027, kcked off today with several public participation forums taking place in different parts of the County. The forums provided a platform to members of the public, development partners and civil society groups to make their submissions and spell out their priority areas for the next five years.

🕓 Wed, 02-Nov-2022
Following approval from the County assembly of Kericho and pursuant to the County Government Act, the following CECMs have been sworn in to serve in their various capacities: 1.Ngetich Leonard Kipkoech-CECM Finance and Economic planning, 2.Daniel Kipkorir Rop-CECM Agriculture,Livestock and Cooperative Management 3.Edna Chepkirui Tonui- CECM Health Services 4.Judith Chepkorir - CECM Information,Communication and E-Goverment,Youth Affairs,Gender and Sports, 5.Cheruiyot Langat Brian- CECM Land,Housing and Physical Planning 6.Eng.Eric Kipngetich Koech -CECM Public Works ,Roads and Transport 7.Brenda Bii Bill -CECM Public Service Management 8.Rosemary Chepkirui Rop- CECM Water,Environment,Energy,Forestry and Natural Resources. Besides their substantive capacities,Leonard Ngetich was also appointed to act as CECM Trade and Wildlife whereas Judith Chepkorir will be acting as CECM Education and Social services. H.E the Governor Dr.Eric Mutai while congratulating them also warned the new CECMs against engaging in corruption ,nepotism and conflict of interest adding that there will be no sacred cows in his adminstration.

🕓 Tue, 01-Nov-2022
The journey towards liberating our people from the economic shackles and from the long-standing historical injustices from the multinational companies in our midst has constitutionally begun. This was the rallying statement by Kericho Governor, H.E. Dr. Eric Mutai, while presiding over the unveiling of a taskforce recently appointed to probe the multinational companies� engagement in tea sub-sector. According to the Governor, the key terms of reference for the 11-member team, will be to come up with recommendations on the social and economic impact of the current and emerging challenges on the residents of Kericho, including but not limited to heavy mechanization of multinationals and other tea sub-sectors. Other areas the taskforce will focus on is the land rates and lease terms for the companies. The taskforce chaired by Retired Captain Richard Too, will have 60 days to carry out the assignment and present their findings and recommendations to the Governor.

🕓 Tue, 01-Nov-2022
The Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms today paid a courtesy call to H.E. Governor, Dr. Eric Mutai, in his office, as it embarks on a tour of the county to receive views from stakeholders on the implementation of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) education. The team led by Richard Githinji made preliminary engagements with the Governor and presented their Terms of Reference. In his brief submission to the taskforce, the Governor said the roll-out of CBC was done in haste and with total disregard to the input from the key stakeholders and that what the presidential team was doing now, was timely and will go a long way in curing the past mistakes. The Governor submitted that the existing infrastructure cannot accommodate the growing numbers of grade 6 pupils joining junior secondary and that little has been done to train teachers on CBC. On the aspect of whether junior secondary pupils should join high school institutions or just stay on at primary level, the Governor held the opinion that it was easy to manage junior secondary pupils at primary level.

🕓 Wed, 26-Oct-2022

Kimugu water project within Kericho Municipality is set for commissioning before the end of the year. This was revealed today during a working tour of the project main site at Duka moja by H.E. Governor, Dr. Eric Mutai and a delegation from the Federal Republic of Germany and German Development Bank(KfW). The delegation, who are the main financiers of the project, said they were impressed with both the workmanship and the pace at which the contractor had employed despite the interruption occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Governor seized the opportunity to appeal to other development partners to chip in and offer support to his government's pursuit of ensuring an enhanced water coverage in the county.

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