The County AI program that was launched by Governor Stephen Sang during the launch of Nandi County's BIG FOUR AGENDA on 24th September 2018 is beginning to pay dividends and changing lives of many Dairy farmers across the county.
While launching the program, Governor Sang said that his administration was keen on revitalising the dairy sector in the county that had declined.
To ensure that the agenda of improving the sector succeeds, he enumerated the plans that his administration had put in place. Part of the plans that he has laid out included the launch of subsidized AI services, hiring of AI service providers, renovation of cattle dips, subsidized accaricides, purchase of motorcycles for the service providers, installation of milk coolers across the county and the construction of a Milk processing plant in the county as well as formation and amalgamation of Dairy cooperative societies in the county.
Since the roll out of the AI program, more than 12,000 cows across the county have been served. The types of semen given to farmers include conventional and sexed which are available for Ksh600 and Ksh2300 respectively.
The county hired 30 AI service providers across the county and equipped them with motorcycles that enables them to move within their respective wards with ease. It also operationalized 60 cattle dips across the county and supplied more than 5000 litres of accaricides. The county also installed 6 coolers within the county and expects another 24 to be installed. This will reduce wastage of milk as it will guarantee proper storage. The proposed construction of a milk processing plant is also on course. The county has already identified the land to put up the plant and bidding for the construction is ongoing.
About The Council of Governors
The Council of County Governors (COG) is a non-partisan organization established under Section 19 of the Intergovernmental Relations Act (IGRA 2012). The Council of Governors comprises of the Governors of the forty-seven Counties. main functions are the promotion of visionary leadership; sharing of best practices and; offer a collective voice on policy issues; promote inter – county consultations; encourage and initiate information sharing on the performance of County Governments with regard to the execution of their functions; collective consultation on matters of interest to County Governments.
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COG provides a mechanism for consultation amongst County Governments, share information on performance of the counties in execution of their functions, facilitate capacity building for Governors, and consider reports from other intergovernmental forums on national and county interests amongst other functions (Section 20).Our Mission
To deepen devolution through coordination, consultation, information sharing, capacity building, performance management, and dispute resolution.Our Vision
Prosperous Counties that are drivers of socio-economic growth and development and quality service delivery.Our Values
Collaboration and Partnership, Integrity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Innovation, Professionalism
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PRESS STATEMENT ON CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING COUNTY GOVERNMENTS
Members of the Press,
Citizens of Kenya,
We would also like to bring to the attention of the Public that on the onset of Devolution, in 2012, there were 8,466 health facilities that increased to 10,032 in 2016. Currently, there are 16,655 health facilities in the 47 devolved units. In 2013, counties found 874 doctors and 6,620 nurses and by 2016, there were 1,302 doctors and 8,903 nurses in the facilities. Currently, there are 4,398 doctors and 31,923 nurses in health facilities.
Further, there is 89% utilization of skilled birth deliveries by women of reproductive age, this is a 13% improvement from the 2014 KDHS reported skilled birth deliveries.
On Child Health, Under-5 mortality rate declined from 52 to 41 deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality rate declined from 39 to 32 deaths per 1,000 live births. 80% of children aged 12–23 months were fully vaccinated with basic antigens.
These are the basic indicators that highlight the performance and successes of County Governments, this notwithstanding the meager resources allocated to County Governments.
In this regard, The Council of Governors notes that the unbundling of functions was completed and therefore requests IGRTC for immediate gazzatement of the functions.
Salary Payments
We also wish to bring to the attention of the Public that Senior Medical Doctors are paid 103% higher which is double the amount that is paid to non-health workers in the public service and other doctors in the Private sector. Currently, a County Senior Medical Officer is paid Kshs. 479,000 as shown below;
• Basic salary- Kshs. 203, 000
• Emergency call allowance- Kshs. 80,000
• House Allowance – Kshs. 56,000
• Commuter allowance- Kshs. 20,000
• Non-practice allowance – Kshs. 60,000
• Extraneous allowance- Kshs. 40,000
• Risk allowance – Kshs. 20,000
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