Gilbert Ochieng
Mr. Ochieng is a journalist based in Busia. He has 20 years of experience writing for diverse newspapers countrywide.
He focuses on Agriculture, Health, Development and other Human Interest Stories.
A primary challenge for many widowed mothers revolves around land ownership. Often, the in-laws of the deceased husband seize every opportunity to claim the land, disregarding the plight of the children left behind.
With the assistance of the local administration, Monica, armed with her husband’s death certificate, filed the required forms at the area chief’s office and proceeded to the...
The County Director of Education has assured education stakeholders from the flood-prone areas in Busia County that learning will go on as planned.
Some schools are being used as temporary IDP camps for those displaced from their homes.
The government will provide food items for learners as schools reopen for second term.
For over 60 years now, Budalang’i Constituency in Busia County...
Kenya’s Benda Kithaka, Founder and Executive Director of KILELE Health, has been named the 2024 Rachel Pearline Award recipient by the United States National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health.
This recognition celebrates Kithaka's exceptional dedication to cancer prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries, particularly her groundbreaking work at KILELE Health.
Dr. Satish Gopal, Director of the Center for...
Budalangi National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) Committee has, over the years, spent a bigger chunk of its CDF kitty on education which is an equalizer and the key to a better future.
Several high-rise educational infrastructures translating into millions of cash have been set up by the committee in various parts of the constituency.
The developments have brought education closer...
She has volunteered for almost two decades as an ECDE teacher.
She, with her colleague, anticipate being employed by the county government of Busia.
Early childhood education is critical to a child’s future success as skills gained during education lay the groundwork for lifelong learning.
It ensures that young children will enter school psychologically healthy and ready to succeed.
Healthy development in the...
She has been trained on different occasions in vital matters of her profession.
She delivers an average of twelve expectant women every month.
Kundu says traditional birth assistants need recognition by the government for their role.
Agnes Kundu, 75, a traditional birth attendant from Budalangi constituency in Busia county, has, for decades, been helping expectant mothers deliver.
The traditional birth attendant dropped...
The farmer says this venture has lifted his economic life.
He urges young people to join in and plant bamboo.
The trees are essential in preventing floods.
Samuel Magoba, a former civic leader at the then Busia county council, is an environmentalist whose love for trees began years back while he was still in school.
He had actively planted indigenous trees to conserve...
Non-governmental Foundation behind the modern educational facility.
Thousands are set to benefit from the charity.
CS Ababu Namwamba among guests during the launch.
Improvements expected, with online service being a priority.
A library is “any organized collection of printed books and periodical or any other graphic or audio-visual materials with a staff to provide and facilitate the use of such materials as...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Arts has embarked on a digital literacy training program targeting youths from all 47 counties nationwide.
Speaking at Ches Bay resort in Port Victoria town during the graduation ceremony for 178 youths from Budalangi constituency, Busia County, who had attended a six-week digital training program recently, Youth Affairs,
Sports and Arts Cabinet Secretary...
John Osogo Boys High School, a lakeside learning institution in Port Victoria, Bunyala sub-county, Busia county, has been posting excellent Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results despite a mountain of challenges.
The school's outstanding achievement in the 2022 KCSE result is attributed to diverse factors: the commitment of teachers to duty, teamwork, and sound management of the school's Board...
