Council of Governors led by the Chair Blue economy Committee H.E Issa Timamy, on Saturday held a meeting with the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to discuss legislative challenges in the agriculture sector & how both institutions can lobby for better funding for devolved functions.
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Lamu Governor H.E. Issa Timamy H.S.C has today visited and consoled families that were affected by last night’s inferno that razed down 10 houses and left dozens of families displaced at Manyatta, Lake Side in Bahari Ward.
The A.N.C party leader, who was accompanied by his Deputy H.E Raphael Munyua together with nominated M.C.A Aisha Abdulrahman said the County Government of Lamu will aide the victims with food supplies as well as assist them to rebuild their lives. He further noted that the County government is set to employ disaster management officers across the county who will be addressing such calamities to prevent such losses.
The inferno was caused by a burning doum palm that spread fire to the thatched houses.
The governor’s visit comes a day after the area M.C.A visited the victims and assured them that as a legislator he is committed to work with Governor Timamy’s administration to ensure that the county establishes a functional disaster management system.
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The County Government of Lamu in partnership with World Bank-funded Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Program (KCSAP), have today handed out 21 freezers and over 500 bucks and heifers to 38 interest groups in Bahari and Witu wards in a move meant to boost dairy and fish farming across the county.
Speaking during the event, Lamu County C.E.C.M Agriculture Hon. James Gichu said the smallholder livestock beneficiary groups, received the heifers, bucks and freezers following a training to equip them with skills on successful dairy and fish farming organized by the county government in partnership with KCSAP.
The C.E.C.M further assured farmers that Lamu County Government under Governor Issa Timamy H.S.C, will continue to encourage collaboration with like minded development partners that will help to push Lamu’s dairy farming development agenda.
“The County government of Lamu under the stewardship of H.E Issa Timamy will remain steadfast towards enhancing food security and rural poverty eradication through improved disposable income to smallholder agro-pastoral households” said Hon. Gichu.
Addressing the farmer group members during the distribution exercise KCSAP County Program coordinator, Steven Mbuvi, urged the groups to preserve the livestock for posterity and not seek short-term benefits.
Lamu County is among the 24 Counties earmarked to benefit from the KCSAP project that had stalled over a year ago, which is a Government of Kenya project jointly supported by the World Bank which aims to increase agricultural productivity and enhance resilience to climate change risks in select targeted smallholder farming and pastoral communities in Kenya
Today’s event was held at Bahari, and Witu wards respectively. Next week the countywide exercise will be rolled out in Faza where over 3,000 small holder dairy and poultry farmers will be targeted to benefit from the program.
In attendance were officials from Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Program (KCSAP), State Department of Agriculture and Lamu County Government officials .
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Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) through Bandari College, will soon start offering maritime related courses in partnership with Lamu County Government at Lamu County Command Center Mokowe.
Speaking while hosting the K.M.A delegation,
Governor Timamy, who is also the Council of Governors’ Blue Economy Chair, lauded the country’s maritime regulator in its commitment into offering specialised training in Maritime Transport and Logistics (MTL)
“The establishment of a satellite college in Mokowe will ensure our youths from as far as Kiunga don’t travel outside the county to pursue maritime courses. My administration will also facilitate K.M.A towards establishment of an administration block next to our Mokowe command center” Governor Timamy said.
The A.N.C party leader further noted that the initiative to offer maritime courses is in tandem with the National Government and the Council of Governors’ vision to tap into the Blue Economy activities. The county will further support and facilitate fishermen towards training and achieving the pre requisite maritime certification.
Head of K.M.A delegation Chairman Mr. Khamis Mwaguya thanked Governor Timamy for his unrelenting effort towards ensuring youths have access to maritime training that will build a better maritime conscious nation and also foster in broadening their career opportunities.
Fisheries C.E.C.M Hon. Faiz Fankupi underscored that the courses will empower the youths who have been living below expectations due proper exposure to the maritime environment, lack of understanding of the maritime sector as well as limited funding of appropriate initiatives.
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Lamu County Government Communications Office at info@lamu.go.ke
