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Kwale Governor H.E Salim Mvurya and his Deputy H.E Fatuma Achani have held talks with World Bank mission and other stakeholders on the prog...

Mvurya Discusses Mwache Dam Project Progress

Kwale Governor H.E Salim Mvurya and his Deputy H.E Fatuma Achani have held talks with World Bank mission and other stakeholders on the progress of the multi-billion Mwache Dam project.
The discussions held at the Governor’s office in Kwale mainly focused on various stakeholders' preparations in the project implementation process.
Governor Salim Mvurya and Deputy Fatuma Achani with the World Bank Mission. Photo: Ali Kipapuro 
Governor Mvurya assured the World Bank mission that Kwale County Government is fully supporting this project aimed at changing the livelihoods of Kwale County residents.
"I urge all stakeholders involved to work together in the realisation of Mwache Dam project, through exchange of ideas, experiences and expertise," Mvurya said.
The County boss also assured that the County Government of Kwale is working closely with the national government in ensuring that issues of compensation and relocation are dealt with accordingly before the project commences.
The multi-billion Mwache Dam project is funded by World Bank through the national government.

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Kwale Deputy Governor Ms Fatuma Achani has launched a campaign among women to fight early pregnancies in the county through a vigorous sen...

Achani Campaigns To Fight Early Pregnancies


Kwale Deputy Governor Ms Fatuma Achani has launched a campaign among women to fight early pregnancies in the county through a vigorous sensitisation programme.

Ms Achani said the programme will involve women in all the village units in Kwale County.

The Deputy Governor launched the campaign at the Methodist Church of Kenya hall at Kinango where she hosted the second Women Round Table workshop in Kwale County.

Kwale Deputy Governor Fatuma Achani in Kinango Sub County. Photo: Ali Kipapuro
The first workshop was held in Kinondo ward, Msambweni Sub-County.

The workshop sponsored by UN Women and the Council of Governors (COG) is a women initiative to sensitise them on socio-economic and political opportunities for the woman in society.

"From this gathering, I want you to go back to your respective village units, form committees and arrange programmes where we can visit all schools and talk to the pupils," she said.

She said teenage pregnancies had threatened the education of the girl child necessitating immediate mitigation measures.

"Some of the reasons for this evil is poverty, broken families, single parenting among others. Some of our girls lack even soap and other basics thereby becoming easy prey to men," she said.

She said her campaign will involve economically empowering the parents and girls, such as providing them with life basics.

The initiative comes amidst a national alarm over student pregnancies as manifested during the recent KCPE and KCSE examinations where several girls sat for their papers in maternity wards.

The Women Round Table initiative is being conducted by all female Deputy Governors across the country.

"When you are ready with the committees, inform me and we shall kick off the visits immediately. I am ready," she told the 200 women adding that village, ward and sub-county administrators will also be involved.

She said Governor Salim Mvurya's administration had given education first priority with Sh400 million annually going to bursaries for national school students supporting 3,800 students, more than 1,400 others in universities, more than 40,000 in county schools as well as paying Sh15,000 per polytechnic student.

Source: Kwale GPS

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In 2014 the County Government of Kwale under the leadership of Governor Salim Mvurya and his Deputy Fatuma Achani initiated the County Inte...

A Mwereni Farmer Success Story

In 2014 the County Government of Kwale under the leadership of Governor Salim Mvurya and his Deputy Fatuma Achani initiated the County Integrated Food Security Program aimed at changing peoples lives and making Kwale County food secure.

Through this program the County Government bought two tractors for each ward and also started distributing hybrid cows, goats and seeds to farmers. 

In Mwereni ward Lunga Lunga Sub-County Robert Joho Kaziyahindi is one of the beneficiaries who received a hybrid bull from the county government in 2014. 

Kaziyahindi recounts how this program has changed his life. “I used the bull to crossbreed my local breed cattle,” he says.

Joho Kaziyahindi points at some of his crossbreed cows. Photo: Ali Kipapuro
Today, he sells over 40 litres of milk per day compared to around 10 to 20 litres he used to sell before.

“I sell my milk to local markets and use the profit I make to cater for my basic needs,” he further explains.

Kaziyahindi who now owns over 200 heads of hybrid cattle also expects to sell over 70 bulls by the end of this year, whereby the market price of a bull is between 70,000 and 100,000 Kenyan shillings.

Before, he used to sell the local breed bulls at around 30,000 shillings.

Kaziyahindi's bulls fighting. Photo: Ali Kipapuro
“Through the County Integrated Food Security Program, Governor Salim Mvurya and his Deputy Fatuma Achani have helped many farmers in Kwale County. Some of us got hybrid cattle, other received seedlings while fishermen benefited from boats and fishing gears,” Kaziyahindi happily explains.

Kaziyahindi has used his livestock project to build a rental house in Likoni Mombasa County, which earns him a remarkable sum each month. He has also paid secondary school fees for his three children.

“Currently I am putting up a residential house in Mwereni at an expected cost of two million Kenyan shillings, a project which is also funded by this project,” he says.

Though Kaziyahindi and other farmers in Mwereni ward face similar challenges such as water scarcity, he hopes that those challenges will be solved once and for all.

Source: Catherine Nyokabi

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