Hope for mothers as new maternity block restores safe deliveries By Godffrey Olali Scolastica Mwikali, 30, passionately serenades her smiling toddler baby boy even as she belts out a traditional lullaby in her native Kikamba dialect in an attempt to sooth the baby. The mother of two, is already at the queue...
By GODFFREY OLALI Victoria Mutweleli’s gigantic yellow excavator roars and straddles the rugged landscape of Thwake Dam construction site like a colossus. The middle aged lady, clad in blue jeans, yellow reflective jacket, safety boots and a white helmet, welcomes me to her work station as she watches over the darkening...
By GODFFREY OLALI The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Kenyan Government (GOK) are implementing one of the country’s most ambitious water development projects poised to uplift many lives in the semi-arid lower Eastern region of the country. Thwake Multipurpose Water Development Program (TMWDP) – an initiative being rolled out in...
Water has been regarded as one of the most critical determinants of socio-economic development and a key pillar which will propel the Government’s Big 4 Agenda. Indeed, even as we all agree that sustainable water availability, hydropower generation, irrigation and sanitation, will act as the pedestals upon which the...
Availability of clean water, sustainable food security, clean power generation, sanitation and hygiene are regarded as key cornerstones and critical determinants of socio-economic development that will catapult the Government’s Big 4 agenda, Vision 2030 blue print and United Nations – backed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ongoing construction of Thwake...
