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Bring Back Pan Paper Mills

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Policy instability made the people of Webuye  loose Pan Paper. Pan paper was a source of employment, income and most of all a center of livelihood that served the people of Kenya. Shutting down of the industry marked the beginning of darkness in Webuye. It led to increased crime rate, loss of business fortunes, and closure of some institutions sponsored by the industry like Pan Paper high school and Pan Paper Primary. Poor Sanitation and poor infrastructure is now the new defination of Webuye. Investing in the town has now become as useless as the letter ' K' in the word  k nowledge.   In the 90s, we had pan paper FC that kept the youths in the larger Bungoma district busy. The football club was a good source of inspiration for guys like Dan Ndekerere, head coach, Sunderland AFC Keroche, Paul Mungai – now playing for  Tanzania giants Simba  SC among others. The club is now nowhere.what we now see is a stadium that has been turned to a grazing la...

Omena Delicacy

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What is Omena? Omena is small fish most common among the Luo community in Kenya.. Good source of protein. Found in Lake Victoria. Omena should be properly cleaned or it will have a bitter taste will have sand when you eat it! Omena carries a lot of sad so it should be washed properly. To clean it up put in a pot/sufuria with lots of water and bring to boil for about 15 minutes. Let  the water settle and let the dirt settle at the bottom and the scoop the Omena out. Repeat again. After cleaning it up, deep fry until brown to prevent it from breaking before cooking it with sauce…some people skip the deep frying part! When taking it out of deep fry place a paper towel to drain the oil. Ingredients: 500gms dry omena 2 Ripe Tomatoes 1 bunch dhania 1 Onion (medium) 1 Garlic (optional) 1 Glass of milk (or water) 1 Green chilli (optional) 1 Spoon cooking fat/oil Method After removing dirt from omena, wash in luke-warm water then boil for minimum 30 minutes or ...

List County Governments, Contacts and Governors

County Postal Address Town Governor 1.         Baringo. P.O. Box 53-30400 Kabarnet Cheboi Chesire 2.         Bomet. P.O. Box  19-20400 Bomet Isaac Ruto 3.         Bung'oma. P.O. Box 437-50200 Bungoma Ken Lusaka 4.         Busia. P.O. Box Private Bag 50400 Busia Sospeter Ojaamong 5.         Elgeyo/Marakwet. P.O. Box 220-30700 Iten Alex Tolgos 6.         Embu. P.O. Box 36-60100 Embu Nyaga Wambora 7.         Garissa. P.O. Box  57-701...