Agriculture for Food Security
Fig 1: KENTTEC CEO Making a presentation To Cabinet Secretary For Agriculture and Livestock Development Hon. Franklin Mithika Linturi at the Agriculture for Food Security event in Bungoma. It has been a week of exhibitions by different stakeholders at Kibabii University grounds in readiness for Madaraka Day Celebrations to take place in Bungoma County to […]
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KENTTEC Tree Planting at KALRO-VSRI
Kenya Tsetse Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) today is in collaborative tree planting exercise with Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization -Veterinary Science Research Institute (KALRO -VSRI). The team led by Dr. Seth Onyango -CEO KENTTEC and Dr. Moses Olum -Deputy Director-KALRO – VSRI participating at KALRO MUGUGA. Tree planting is in line with the government […]
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KENTTEC in Wajir – Reducing the burden of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) in the region
The Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) has recently held collaborative meetings with the Northern Kenya Frontier counties on reducing the burden of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) in the region . The Council’s leadership comprising representatives of the Board of Directors and senior management of KENTTEC has to date held meetings with senior officials […]
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KENTTEC officials receiving a consignment of specialized tsetse control materials from the IAEA
The Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) today received a consignment of laboratory equipment and supplies from the IAEA. This is within the framework of the IAEA-funded Regional Project, RAF5087 which is about enhancing Regional capacity for the implementation of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) as a Component for area-wide tsetse and trypanosomiasis management.The […]
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Four day workshop in Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization-KALRO
KENTTEC today started a four day workshop in Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization-KALRO Naivasha to work on perfomance improvement.The event launched by a speech from Dr. Geoffrey Mutai who is the KENTTEC chairman and the KENTTEC’s Board Human Resource and Strategy (HR&S) members led by their Chairman,Director Ali Hassan,C.E.O Dr. Seth Onyango,Regional Coordinators and the […]
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KENTTEC intensifies campaign to combat tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis in Turkana County
The Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) in collaboration with the County Government of Turkana, has launched an initiative to control the tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis along the Kenyan-Ugandan border as a precaution against #tsetse that can move from Uganda to Kenya. Led by Isaiah Ndaburu Kiteto, Director for Surveillance and Control (KENTTEC) and […]
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KENTTEC shines at 36th General Conference of International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control
Mr. Isaiah Ndaburu Kiteto, who is the current Director for Surveillance and Control at Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) shines at the 36th General Conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC) which was held in Mombasa in September 2023. Mr. Kiteto emerged the third best in scientific poster […]
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H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, The Deputy President of Kenya, welcomes delegates to the 36th #ISCTRC General Conference in Mombasa
KENTTEC hosted this year’s 36th General Conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control which was held on 18th to 22nd September 2023 in Mombasa, Kenya. This year’s theme was ‘Sustainable Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control for Socio-Economic Development.’ The event was graced by H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, The Deputy President of Kenya and […]
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Heavy Rains Intervention In Kilifi County
Following heavy rains, there is sprouting of bushes along River Sabaki and Jilore forest in Kilifi County. Complaints have been lodged by residents living around River Sabaki and Jilore forest on suspected presence of tsetse flies and cases of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT)/ Nagana. Tsetse transmit AAT/ Nagana in livestock while in humans they transmit […]
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Deployment of Tsetse Targets Across the Country
KENTTEC is deploying insecticide treated targets in Counties of Kilifi (ADC Ranch in Galana), Meru (Meru National Park), Narok (Enoonkishu Conservancy), Baringo (Mogotio and Baringo South), Lake Victoria Region and Busia (Bunyula and Samia hills). Insecticide treated targets is one of the most effective ways of controlling tsetse flies. The targets are blue and black […]
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