๐•๐ˆ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐˜ ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐†๐„๐๐Ž๐”๐’ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐”๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐†๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐™๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐

๐•๐ˆ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐˜ ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐†๐„๐๐Ž๐”๐’ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐”๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐†๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐™๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐

Following a successful project of Indigenous Knowledge Documentation and Digitization that was rolled out in Vihiga in October 2023, Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo has received the final project report from the National Museums of Kenya DoDi Project that has completed documentation and digitization of Indigenous Knowledge Intellectual Assets pilot phase in Vihiga County. Governor Ottichilo…

๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Ž๐“๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐Ž ๐…๐‹๐€๐†๐’ ๐Ž๐…๐… ๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ– ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐๐Ž๐‘’๐’ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐€๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ

๐ƒ๐‘. ๐Ž๐“๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐Ž ๐…๐‹๐€๐†๐’ ๐Ž๐…๐… ๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ– ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐๐Ž๐‘’๐’ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐€๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ

As Form One students start reporting to various Secondary schools across the country tomorrow, Vihiga Governor Dr. Wilber Ottichilo has flagged off 158 bright but needy students who secured slots under the Governor’s Scholarship Program. Speaking during the function at the County headquarters, Dr. Ottichilo said the scholarship includes shopping, pocket money, transport to school,…

Vihiga Enters into an MoU with RCMRD on Corporation in Utilization of Geospatial Technologies.

Vihiga Enters into an MoU with RCMRD on Corporation in Utilization of Geospatial Technologies.

The County Government of Vihiga has entered into an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development – RCMRD on Corporation in the utilization of Geospatial Technologies. His Excellency Dr. Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo who witnessed the signing of the MoU noted that the purpose of the corporation is to bring…

“Embrace Technology” Students Challenged During Mentorship Program

“Embrace Technology” Students Challenged During Mentorship Program

More than 400 students under the Governor’s Scholarship Program have been challenged to embrace technology in a positive way to advance their interests and chatting their career paths. Speaking to the students during the annual mentorship program at Mbale high school, Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo asked the students to embrace time management and focus on…

Governor Ottichilo Leads Jamhuri Day Celebrations In Hamisi Stadium

Governor Ottichilo Leads Jamhuri Day Celebrations In Hamisi Stadium

As the Country marked the 60th Jamuhuri Day , His Excellency Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo alongside H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo – Deputy Governor Vihiga County joined residents at Hamisi Grounds to mark the Celebrations. The Governor affirmed that the County Government of Vihiga is set to actualize the youth bill and establish a youth directorate in…

CECM Leads County Staff and Residents in Monthly Clean Up Exercise

CECM Leads County Staff and Residents in Monthly Clean Up Exercise

Acting CECM in charge of Environment, Water, Energy, Natural Resources and Climate Change Hon Joseph Lunani on 15th December 2023 led officers from County Government of Vihiga and residents of Majengo in the monthly clean up exercise, a move that aims to encourage residents in Vihiga to maintain proper hygiene and environmental conservation. The monthly…

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐ฌ

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐ฌ

His Excellency Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo has issued cheques worth 13 million to 20 Ward Based SACCOS that came in place following mobilization of farmers in groups under DoALF-NARIGP to ensure sustainability of structures and enable them continue promoting technologies and innovations they had received through trainings and demonstrations. The SACCOs have been provided with…

Vihiga County Puts Up Biodigester Plant To Convert Waste to Biogas

Vihiga County Puts Up Biodigester Plant To Convert Waste to Biogas

His Excellency Dr. Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo , EGH alongside the Chief Officer in the Department of Lands, Housing and urban Planning Arc. Kivaya Cheye Victor toured the Bio digestor plant that is under construction next to the Mbale Prison. Tha plant has been able to Make use of the Waste from the Prison to generate…

Dr. Ottichilo Presides Over The Launch of Hamisi Hospital Strategic Plan in Bid To Upgrade to Level 4

Dr. Ottichilo Presides Over The Launch of Hamisi Hospital Strategic Plan in Bid To Upgrade to Level 4

Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo has reiterated his commitment towards the health sector in Vihiga through allocation of more resources to make sure that health services are affordable, available and accessible. Dr. Ottichilo said this while presiding over the launch of Hamisi Sub-County Hospital First Strategic Plan, End year party and Award giving ceremony at the…

๐„๐’๐“๐€๐๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐€ ๐…๐”๐๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐’๐˜๐’๐“๐„๐Œ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐€๐๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐’๐„๐’, ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐– ๐€๐Œ๐€๐“๐’๐ˆ ๐Œ๐ƒ ๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ

๐„๐’๐“๐€๐๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐€ ๐…๐”๐๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐’๐˜๐’๐“๐„๐Œ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“๐€๐๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐’๐„๐’, ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐– ๐€๐Œ๐€๐“๐’๐ˆ ๐Œ๐ƒ ๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ

The new Amatsi water services Company Ltd. Managing Director (MD) CPA Edwin Bukweye has been tasked with instituting a functional system at the company to promote transparency and accountability. While gracing the company’s end-of-year meeting held today at Broadpark Hotel, Vihiga Governor Dr. Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo blamed past poor leadership at the company as one…

Vihiga Governor Hosts KNCCI President, Signs MoU to Foster Businesses Locally

Vihiga Governor Hosts KNCCI President, Signs MoU to Foster Businesses Locally

The County Government of Vihiga has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry – KNCCI a move that is expected to enhance business opportunities. The signing was witnessed by Vihiga governor Dr. Wilber Ottichilo in the Company of Dr. Erick Ruto – KNCCI President, Mr. John Shimaka…

๐•๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐” ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฆ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š

๐•๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐จ๐” ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฆ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š

The County Government of Vihiga has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Amref Health Africa in Kenya for continued engagement in transforming the health of communities through Primary Health Care(PHC) with a focus on youth and women. Amref has so far supported Vihiga County in Community TB activities, Malaria program, Oxygen infrastructure, and mass…

๐—ฃ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐—ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ’๐ฌ ๐——๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ

๐—ฃ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐—ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ’๐ฌ ๐——๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ

Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo today hosted His Excellency President William Samoei Ruto in Vihiga County on a development tour of various development projects. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† The president assessed the ongoing construction of the Kenya School of TVET Ebunangwe which will help in the development and implementation of curricula in response to the demands of…

23 Students Secure Full University Scholarship

23 Students Secure Full University Scholarship

Rays of hope as the first governor’s scholarship cohort secure scholarship to advance their professional dreams at post secondary level. These goodies comes after County government of Vihiga signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES), an organization that seeks to alleviate poverty through education by providing University and Technical…

Vihiga County Teams Shine in KICOSCA Games in Meru

Vihiga County Teams Shine in KICOSCA Games in Meru

Vihiga teams shine in (KICOSCA) games at Meru booking early tickets to semi and quarter finals. Vihiga basketball men’s team will be battling out in the semi-finals against the defending champions Kisumu after their exemplary win against Kericho, Nakuru, and Machakos. Basketball ladies have proceeded to quarter-finals after knocking out Machakos basketball ladies. Handball team…

๐•ihiga’s ๐ath to ๐Œental ๐–ellness

๐•ihiga’s ๐ath to ๐Œental ๐–ellness

๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’๐’๐’• ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž & ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰ ๐’๐’‡ ‘๐‘พ๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’‚๐’•’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’‰๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’š With about 13.75 million Kenyans suffering from a mental disorder, it is estimated that 90% don’t receive the treatment they require since it can be prohibitively expensive for many. Vihiga County reflects national averages but with unique local challenges ranging from scarcity…