The Governor of Bomet County Prof. Hillary Barchok launched construction of Mengichik Bridge which connects Singorwet and Merigi. The bridge, with an estimated cost of Kshs 15M, will take three months to complete and must be to quality standards to ensure taxpayers get value for their money.
The National Tree Planting exercise – Bomet Chapter has been rolled out at Kipreresss Primary school amid calls for more climate action initiatives to mitigate the effects of global climate change. The exercise that saw 5,000 trees planted, brought together various environmental stakeholders among them officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, County Government…
Bomet has installed eight new renal dialysis machines, adding the number to 13 from the earlier existing five machines, at Longisa County Referral Hospital to cater for the rising number of dialysis needs in the facility.The sh 36 million machines, installed in partnership between the county Government and Prime Health Organization, will help improve the…
Governor Dr Hillary Barchok, Tuesday, witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of the new County Secretary, County Executive Committee members, Chief officers, Public Service Board CEO and Members of the Municipal Board upon vetting and approval by the assembly. Jayne Sigilai and Dr Joyce Tonui are now the new Chief Officers for Gender, Culture & Social Services…
Bomet County in partnership with Bomet University College (BUC) are exploring areas of collaboration to roll out a socioeco-political research on the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the Bomet County residents. The research will also offer a safety net for future pandemics. This was reached at during a courtesy call by BUC officials led by…
Governor Dr Hillary Barchok, on April 5th, 2020, launched a countywide disinfection and fumigation exercises of public spaces in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.The exercise targets public spaces which include markets, public service vehicles stages, bodaboda sheds among other utilities. It also targets major trading centres which include Bomet, Kaplong, Sotik,…
Following the confirmation of the first case of the coronavirus disease on March, 12, 2020 in Kenya, the County Government of Bomet continues to monitor the spread of the disease and has activated its emergency preparedness and response mechanisms by: Setting up the County Emergency and Response team that will monitor the situation with a…
Digi Truck Kenya County Government of Bomet, through Department of ICT, has partnered with Huawei and Computer for Schools Kenya (CFSK) to carry out e-literacy and e-enterprise skills training. The training will be start on Monday 24th February 2020 at the Movable DigiTruck stationed at Bomet Green Stadium, Bomet. The training has 5 sessions each…
Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has today launched an Oncology unit in Longisa County Referral Hospital which will offer Chemotherapy to Cancer patients in Bomet County and the entire South Rift region. Speaking during the launch, the CS observed that the milestone will ease the burden of Cancer patients having to travel to Nairobi or…
Dr Hillary Barchok has been sworn in as the third governor in Bomet County. Dr Barchok is assuming the office following the demise of Dr Joyce Laboso who succumbed to cancer in July. Deputy President Dr William Ruto attended the fete.