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3 days ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Homa Bay Woman Representative Joyce Osogo speaking during a women empowerment programme at Rasira Beach in Suba South Sub-county. (James Omoro, Standard). Homa Bay Woman Representative Dr Joyce Osogo has urged the Ministry of Blue Economy to initiate a programme aimed at empowering women to engage in aquaculture in Lake Victoria, as part of efforts to address the decline in fish production.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Residents of Lambwe East Location in Mbita Sub-county and officials of Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency (LVSWDA) were planting trees in Lambwe Forest. LVSWDA is undertaking reforestation to salvage Lambwe Forest after damages which resulted from ethnic conflict in Homa Bay County. [James Omoro, Standard]Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency (LVSWDA) has embarked on an intense tree-planting exercise to restore the Lambwe forest in Homa Bay.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
His body was moved to Jawabu Funeral Home in Rachuonyo East Sub-county where the body was moved to. A family in Homa Bay County is pleading for justice over mysterious death of their 40 year old son who died in a police cell after being arrested. [James Omoro, Standard]
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
His body was moved to Jawabu Funeral Home in Rachuonyo East Sub-county where the body was moved to. A family in Homa Bay County is pleading for justice over mysterious death of their 40 year old son who died in a police cell after being arrested. [James Omoro, Standard]A family in Homa Bay County is in grief after two of their kin drowned in a quarry at Owiro village in Ramba location within Rachuonyo East Sub-County on Friday evening.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga speaking at Tom Mboya University in Homa Bay County on March 9, 2025. [James Omoro, Standard]MSF provides hypertension drugs in only two health centres in the county. Patients with non-communicable diseases in Homa Bay want the county government to create a special budget for purchasing drugs for their conditions in the forthcoming 2025/2026 financial year budget.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga during the launch of construction of Expansion of Mbita Water Supply Scheme in Rusinga Town. (James Omoro, Standard). Governor Gladys Wanga has denied allegations that she has begun premature campaigns for the Kasipul parliamentary by-election in a bid to influence who becomes the next MP. This follows the death of former MP Ong’ondo Were, who was shot dead in Nairobi on 30 April.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital. [File, Standard]A patient hanged himself on Sunday inside a toilet at Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital. The hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr Vincent Oduor said Mike Juma hanged himself using a belt inside the toilet of Ward 7 hospital. Oduor said Juma was receiving treatment for TB. On Sunday morning, the patient reportedly told his caretaker that he was going to bathe.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Ndhiwa MP Martin Owino during a fundraiser at Andiwo Primary School in Ndhiwa Constituency on December 27, 2023. [James Omoro, Standard]Ndhiwa MP Martin Owino wants ODM to make public the list of officials elected in the last grassroots elections to avoid ongoing confusion over the party leadership in his constituency. This follows contentious ODM grassroots elections held last month in which two groups conducted parallel elections and came up with their own officials.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Construction of administration and lecture hall block (phase two) at Tom Mboya University which has been completed. Homa Bay County is poised for economic transformation ahead of this year’s Madaraka Day celebration as President William Ruto’s government is undertaking projects worth more than Sh14 billion in the county (James Omoro, Standard).
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | James Omoro
Shofco Sacco Limited chairman Kennedy Odede. [File, Standard]Community-based savings and credit cooperative, Shofco Sacco Limited at the weekend unveiled its fifth branch in Kakamega, as it targets the underserved traders and locals. Speaking during the launch on Friday, the Sacco chairman Kennedy Odede said the expansion marked a significant milestone in the lender’s mission to provide accessible financial services across the country.
