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OUR KISUMU CAMPUS STUDENTS AT THE FRONTLINE

President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a directive that all learning institutions to be closed immediately once the first Covid-19 case was reported in the country. This was in mid March and now we are in June, the learners have gone through many challenges adopting to what we are calling the "new normal." To add to this,River Nyando bursts its banks, flooding homes and displacing more than 13,000 people. This was an unfortunate incident but that did not deter our very own fourth year student, Jimmy Magero from doing something about it.

KISUMU CAMPUS NEWS

Mrs.Teresia Okumu, Assistant Dean of students, Kisumu campus says that they have been in constant contact with the students who have raised numerous concerns about online teaching and exams, then handed them over to be handled by the various school coordinators and the Director. The Campus continues to offer Psycho-social support to students during this covid-19 period such as those affected by the floods, those who have lost loved ones and even the needy cases.

THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED

Governors have asked the state to include counties ravaged by floods and the desert locust invasion in the national government's plan for economic recovery.

Council of Governors chairman Wycliffe Oparanya said he will meet President Uhuru Kenyatta on behalf of the affected counties.

The government is currently looking into how to restore the economy after the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.