Bomet County Governor Prof. Hillary Barchok joined Labour CS Hon Florence Bore in leading a massive tree planting exercise at Chepalungu Forest as a patriotic contribution towards national efforts to increase our forest cover as the country aims at mitigating the devastating effects of climate change. The governor and the CS were joined by among…
The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, in conjunction with the Kenya Red Cross Society, paid a visit to the Nogirwet Irrigation project in Chebunyo Ward, Chepalungu Sub County. The purpose of the visit was to inspect the weldability to the project which is under the Bomet irrigation development plan (BDIP). The officers vowed to…
Bomet Deputy Governor Dr. Hillary Barchok on July, 4th 2019 officially launched the Inua Mama na Kuku programme in Chemaner Ward, Bomet East sub-county. The initiative, spearheaded by Her Excellency the Governor, Dr. Joyce Laboso, is a woman empowerment programme that targets 60 community based organizations (CBOs) across the county. Each CBO which comprises of…
‘I am impressed with farmers who have committed to shift to Digifarm. This is a move towards the right direction. My administration is determined to prioritize agricultural sector, the platform you elected me on’. Said Laboso Among the exhibitors who turned up included Tea research Institute, Tata Chemicals Magadi, Wonder Feeds Limited, Isinya Feeds and…
Bomet Governor, Hon Dr Joyce Laboso has challenged Bomet farmers to embrace technology in their agribusiness activities. The Governor said this during a past agribusiness trade fair hosted by the County Government. Dr Laboso called upon famers to adopt Digifarm, a safaicom technology app that offers fames convenient, one-stop access to register, buy farm inputs,…