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02/10/2022

Disturbing Images of a infant rescued from a thicket

A live foetus was yesterday resccused from small thicket in Butimba, Busia town yesterday Nas rushed to Busia County Teaching and Referral Hospital

According to eye witnesses, it's suspected that a school girl may have arboted the significantly mature foetus and thrown it in the thicket in bid to escape parental responsibility.

The police are still investigating the incident and more updates will be shared a they unfold.

27/09/2022

PRESIDENT RUTO NAMES CABINET SECRETARIES
Here is the list of Cabinet secretaries as news by President Ruto Tuesday afternoon

Attorney General- former National Assembly Justin Muturi
Sports and youth affairs- formwr Foreign affairs CAS Ababu Namwamba
Defense - Aden Duale
Interior and National Administration - Prof. Kithure Kindiki
Water and Irrigation- Alice Wahome
Foreign Affairs and Diaspora - Former Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua
Treasury- Njuguna Ndung’u
Roads and Transport- Kipchumba Murkomen
Investment and Industry - Moses Kuria
Tourism and wildlife - Peninah Malonza
Energy - Davis Chirchir
Agriculture- Mithika Linturi
Health - Dr Susan Nakhumicha Wafula

Congratulations to the appointees!
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23/04/2022

PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S FINAL JOURNEY

Preliminary plans for the state funeral of H.E president Mwai Kibaki have been finalized. The public should be aware that this will take place on Friday 29th April at Nyayo National Stadium. President Kibaki will be laid to rest in Othaya on 30th April.

Prior to this, the former president's body will lay in state at National Assembly for 3 days.

22/04/2022

'BIG TED' AMONG THOSE APPOINTED TO AMBASSADORSHIP POSITIONS

President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed 24 new Ambassadors and High Commissioners as Heads of Kenya missions abroad.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the President had also appointed 7 new Ambassadors who will serve as Deputy Heads of Mission and 4 officials to the post of Consul-General.

Some of the notable names on the list of appointments made 108 days to the General Election are former ICT Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo and Nyeri Deputy Governor Dr. Caroline Karugu who have been appointed as Kenyan Ambassadors to Belgium and Denmark respectively.

National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai has also been appointed as Kenya's High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia.

Also on the list is BBI Secretariat Co-Chair Dennis Waweru who will serve as Kenya’s Consulate-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Thomas Kwaka Omolo popularly known as Big Ted who will serve in the same position in Los Angeles, USA.

Here is the full list of the appointments:

The newly appointed Ambasmdom and High Commissioners (Heads of Mission) are:

1. Mr. Clement Nzomo - Ambassador of the Republic of Angola

2. Ms Mary Mogwanja - Ambassador to the Republic of Austria
3. Prof. Bitage Ndemo – Ambassador to the Kingdome of Belgium

4. Ms Muthoni Gichohi – Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China

5. Amb. Gathoga Chege – Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba
6. Dr. Caroline Wanjiru Karugu – Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark

7. Amb. Salim Salim Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti
8. Maj Gen A.G. Matiiri – Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt

9. Amb. Galma Baru – Ambassador to Me Republic of Indonesia
10. Amb. Paul Ndung’u – Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique

11. Mr. Michael Sialai – High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia

12. Maj Gen Andrew Ikenye – High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria

13. Ms Margaret Shave – Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

14. Ms Amina Abdalla – Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman
15. Amb. Nyambura Kamau – High Commissioner to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

16. Mr. Boniface N Mwilu – Ambassador to the State of Qatar
17. Amb. Diana Kiambuthi - High Commissioner to the Republic of Rwanda

18. Amb. Michael Oyugi – Ambassador to the Kingdom or Spain
19. Maj Gn (Rtd) Thomas Chepkuto – Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia

20. Amb. Isaac Njenga - High Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania

21. Mr. Leonard Boiyo - Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey
22. Maj Gen(Rtd) George Owinow – High Commissioner to the Republic of Uganda

23. Prof Richard Bosire - Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

24. Maj Gen (Rtd) Charles Gituai – Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the Inter-Government Authority for Development (IGAD)

The Newly appointed Ambassadors and Deputy Heads of Missions are:

1. Ms Hariet Nduma- Kenya Embassy Vienna, Austria
2. Mr Dennis Makobu -Kenya Embassy Brussels, Begium

3. Mr Edwin Afande – Kenya Embassy Beijing, China

4. Mr George Kwanya - Kenya Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

5. Mr Sammy Nyule Ngumbao - Kenya Embassy Tokyo

6. Ms KJane Sirindi Githinji- Kenya Embassy Mosco, Russia


The Consuls-General are:

1. Mr Dennis Mburu-Kenya Consulate Arusha, Tanzania

2. Dennis Waweru – Kenya Consulate Goma, Democaratic Republic of Congo

3. Benson Mwaliko – Kenya Consulate Hargesia, Somaliland
4. Tomas Kwaka Omolo – Kenya Consulate United States of America

The Ambassador and special Envoy for Maritime na and Blue Economy is Mrs Nancy Karigithu

The Foreign Service Officers promoted to the rank of Ambassadors at the Ministry’s Headquarters are:

1. Mr Fredrick Matwang’a
2. Mr Phillip Githiora

3. Ms Betty Cherwon

4. Mrs Angeline Musili

5. Ms Peris Kariuki

6. Mr Yabesh Monari
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22/04/2021

BUSIA TEENAGERS REPRESENT KENYA IN AI GLOBAL COMPETITION

According to The Border Hub, the 6 teenagers from Busia will be competing against other teenagers from Fiji, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Kuwait showcasing their innovation called Ukulima Bora App in the International GirlsinICT Day 2021, happening on Thursday, 22nd April 2021.

Ukulima Bora is an informative application that will assist Kenyan farmers with sustainable farming methods enable them to learn about profitable agriculture to help alleviate poverty and better their living standards.
MWALIMU LYDIA NABWIRE COUNTY CHIEF OFFICER ICT AND COMMUNICATION.

10/03/2021

The Border Hub has announced an open call for the second Cohort of Community Youth Champions (C*C) Fellowship Program.

Applications for Community Youth Champions (C*C) Fellowship Program Cohort 2.0

Are you a passionate changemaker running an innovative initiative or business to solve a specific problem in your grassroots community while earning some revenue?
Does your initiative have great potential for scale in operations and impact upon investment?

Apply Today for the C*C Fellowship Program Cohort 2.0

C*C Fellowship is a 3-months high impact incubation program of The Border Hub that nurtures locally bred innovative initiatives and enterprises transforming them into globally competitive and sustainable business brands through personal changemaker's growth and business development support.

Deadline for Cohort 2.0 applications is 28th March 2021

Apply throu: http://bit.ly/3ebTRhN

01/03/2021

The Border Hub announces first ever Artificial Intelligence Hackathon in Busia Kenya dubbed ahead of International Womens Day celebrations.

For those interested to participate, Here's the link.
https://forms.gle/6hrzzzZz3WLNfCrg9

Girls and women's access and participation in STEM is key to the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development.

However, there's still underrepresentation of women and girls in the digital world particularly in rural settings.

Ahead of the International Women's Day whose theme is , we, in partnership with ACORN Aspirations call upon young women and girls within Busia who are interested in STEM to register for a two day Hackathon.

Join us in choosing to challenge the digital gender divide

Here's the link.
https://forms.gle/6hrzzzZz3WLNfCrg9

24/02/2021

We are delighted to host ygap Kenya this Friday for the Sustainable Social Impact Hackathon, bringing together budding social entrepreneurs in Busia and western Kenya at large.

Fostering Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship and enabling innovative entrepreneurs to capacity and opportunities for business development and partnerships.

ygap Kenya strongly believes that building founders' capacities and providing a platform for entrepreneurs to network can strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kenya.

This coming Thursday, 26th February, from 9.00am to 1.00pm we'll be in Busia for the Sustainable Social Impact Hackathon. We will be hosted by The Border Hub, a Youth and Community Development Organization based in Busia, Kenya.

If you run a social enterprise in Busia or are based in the Western part of Kenya and you would like to connect and network with like minded people, this event is for you.

Reserve a spot using this link http://bit.ly/3qycPTq

We look forward to seeing you there.

03/02/2021

The Border Hub ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT & PROGRAMMING ACADEMY IN BUSIA

The Border Hub, a Skills Development, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Hub in Busia has launched the first ever Software Development and Programming Academy in Busia.

Through their website, the Hub is inviting tech enthusiasts and all interested persons to enroll for an Android Bootcamp scheduled to start in March.

The program is partially sponsored with participants paying only 50% of the total cost.
The 3 months program will be a great step in enabling participants to start a career in software development and programming.
Follow this link to apply: http://busiahub.org/borderhub-academy/

We will be running an Android Bootcamp at the BorderHUB, preparing you for a career in Software Development and Programming !