CECM Education Vihiga County l-Dr. Ruth Agesa

07/07/2023

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01/07/2023

Day 3 (Final day) of the Induction workshop incorporating the recently appointed Board of Governor's for the 34 Vocational Training Centres in Vihiga County at Mbale High School.

The exercise sponsored by County Government of Vihiga was officially opened by our able Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo alongisde H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County on Thursday 29th June, 2023.

29/06/2023

Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo alongside H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County presided over the induction ceremony of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centres Board of Governors (BOG) for Vihiga county at Mbale High School today afternoon.

The BOGs are mandated to :-
✅ Overseeing education and training,
✅ Promoting and maintaining standards of high quality in terms of students performance,
✅ Developing and implementing strategic plans,
✅ Mobilizing resources in institutions,
✅ Budgeting ie approval of financial reports,
✅ Preparing annual expenditure reports.

I have urged our TVET Managers to make proper use of the availed funds by County Government of Vihiga to enable us improve on infrastructure and equip the institutions more.

Our able Governor has assured the release of Ksh. 47,000,000 to aid in development and operations of the TVETs.

21/06/2023

County Government of Vihiga is placed at the top on matters innovation and technology thanks to the leadership of Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo who is hands on in ensuring the same is well implemented.

Joined my boss and CS Ababu Namwamba as we witnessed 189 youthful residents of our beloved county graduate after a one month vigorous training on technology and ICT courtesy of Huawei

Our department will embark on using the already trained youth to share the same in our Polytechnics for purposes of enriching our learners.

15/06/2023

15/06/2023

Accompanied H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County to Kaimosi Friends University (KAFU) as H.E Dr. Jafar Barmaki, The Ambassador of The Islamic Republic of Iran to Kenya made a visit to the institution of KAFU.

As a County, we are focused toward establishing exchange programmes and also getting scholarship for our learners in partnership with Iran and am glad to note that the envoy is receptive of the idea.

10/06/2023

Currently with my boss Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo at Sabatia Eye Hospital for the Official Launch of The Paediatric Opthalmology Centre & The Training Centre graced by H.E the Prime CS Hon Musalia W Mudavadi and the Health CS Susan Nakhumicha .

The multi-donor project aims at fighting the predominant barriers (Poverty, Awareness & Accesibility) to children accessing eye care services in Western Kenya and its environs.

01/06/2023

Our founding fathers made this memorable day come to reality. Let's dance to this.
Happy Madaraka day to you all!!
Having a jig with Mama wetu, Hon. Beatrice Adagala - Vihiga County Women Rep.

01/06/2023

May you all be blessed in this memorable day.

27/05/2023

Accompanied my colleague CECM for Commerce, Tourism and Cooperatives Grace Kadenge for the Vihiga County Bodaboda SACCO (VICBOSA) Annual General Meeting graced by our able Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo

VICBOSA has a noble course and is a good example to many young and entrepreneurial persons and I have urged them to keep on the same spirit of borrowimg money for investment and remitting it for the sake of benefiting others.

25/05/2023

In fulfilment of effective service delivery to the great people of Vihiga County, I have signed my performance contract that will guide my ex*****on of services to help deliver Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo's 5 year agenda.

It is my plan to have all officers under my department work to make Vihiga a more developed county.

25/05/2023

Finally, we have a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES) that will boost our already ongoing Governor's Scholarship.

The exercise was in the presence of Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo and H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County

The programme will focus on learners of tertiary colleges as well as universities and will be in the guideline of our scholarship rule where only vulnerable students from needy backgrounds and are bright that will benefit.

Application forms will be available at our offices County Government of Vihiga as from Monday next week.

16/05/2023

Took a meeting with our departmental staff for purposes of streamlining our structures as a department.

As a department we have the vision of being at the top in service delivery as we ensure the residents of Vihiga appreciate the leadership of Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo and H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County.

13/05/2023

Congratulations Noel Malanda, your appointment as Chief Officer- Education, Science, Technical & Vocational Training is a boost to the Education sector in our County.

Karibu sana to The County Government of Vihiga under Mchapa Kazi Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo and H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County .

10/05/2023

Thanks to the seamless working relation between County Government of Vihiga and Vihiga County Assembly our learners will continue having access to the bursary kitty funds as Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo this morning assented to the Appropriation Bill 2022/2023 Fiscal Year of the Second Supplementary Budget.

Our ward administrators together with their MCAs have already outlined beneficiaries for the same by allocating the various students a share to ensure they are in school for their term 2 session.

We affirm that our budget estimates for the financial year 2023/24 as a department have incorporated the scholariships and bursary kitty for an adequate allocation to ensure we fulfil the 5 year agenda plan our Governor has for the people of Vihiga.

09/05/2023

09/05/2023

Joined Governor Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo and H.E. Wilberforce Kitiezo - Deputy Governor Vihiga County as they launched the Huawei Digital Literacy Programme that seeks to expose our youth into the advanced technologies.

The programme incorporates our Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) giving the learners more skills that will help them acquire digitized business knowledge.

County Government of Vihiga is at the verge of disbursing their start up fund kitty which will facilitate the youth in implementing the skills through projects initiated by them individually or in groups.