Happy Madaraka Day. H.E. Prof Paul Chepkwony was honoured to lead Madaraka Day celebrations at the Kericho Green Stadium. We have decided that the county celebrations for public holidays will now be held in the sub counties on rotational basis and we will start by holding Mashujaa Day in Bureti. We call on all leaders on Kericho to work together with us to foster development. The county is now preparing for the KICOSCA Games to be held in August and security will be top notch. 8000 participants will be here in August and we wish to remind our business community to prepare adequately to ensure that these men and women will be comfortable during their one week stay in Kericho

Kericho Governor H. E. Prof. Paul Chepkwony 30th May chaired an Education Stakeholders meeting at Kericho High School which was attended by the County Commissioner and the County Security Team, school boards of management, religious leaders and school principals. The Governor condemned cases of fire that have been witnessed in some schools and said his administration would work with all the stakeholders to ensure schools would continue to be safe and calm to provide the right environment for studying. He also announced that the County Bursary Fund would be released on June 10th

Last year in February the first ever cardiac pacemaker implantation procedures were performed at the Kericho County Referral Hospital by a team of doctors from Kericho and the Michigan State University, USA. 12 patients benefitted. Today, I opened the second Cardiology Medical Camp at the hospital which will take place until 3rd June. The free surgeries will be performed by a team of 7 doctors from Kericho, the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and the University of Michigan and will benefit 20 patients.

This time the operations are bigger and more advanced because the doctors are performing double chamber pacemaker implantations.

As a result of the ongoing training of our staff, one of the surgeries was done exclusively and very successfully by a team of doctors from Kericho and the MTRH. These surgeries have been made possible by the installation of the most modern equipment in our operating theatres and the partnership with the Michigan State University (USA) and my government. 

We wish all the patients a quick recovery and congratulate the doctors on a job well done

Today the County Government led by County Executive Committee Member for Water, Environment, Forestry and Natural Resources Hon. Geoffrey Ruto launched the County Tree Planting Exercise at Kondamet area in Kipchimchim Ward, Ainamoi Constituency where 3000 indigenous trees were planted. This kicks off efforts by Kericho Governor H. E. Prof. Paul Chepkwony to get rid of Eucalyptus trees planted along riparian areas as well as efforts by the county government to increase the forest cover in Kericho County. The County Government has provided 30,000 seedlings for this purpose. Much gratitude to the Kericho Investors and Business Association for giving 30,000 seedlings and the Kenya Forest Service for giving 10,000 seedlings. Thank you for the partnership! Prof. Chepkwony is calling on Kericho residents to take advantage of the prevailing rains and at least plant one indigenous tree each

On the sidelines of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Conference in Kisumu County, H.E. Prof. Paul Kiprono Chepkwony was glad to have chaired a panel discussion with County Executive Committee Members of Health from the counties of Kisumu, Isiolo, Nyeri and Machakos to discuss the future of Universal Health Coverage in Kenya and how best it can be rolled out to ensure sustainability and quality health care in our public sectors. The deliberations were candid and brought out ideas that will make the implementation of UHC a success