🔔 With support from Gates Foundation & working with partners like ICRW Africa, Anglican Development Services (ADS) Kenya, Village Enterprise & Hand in Hand Eastern Africa, we are advancing gender-responsive care policies. Kicking off in County Government of West Pokot 🇰🇪we convened dialogues to raise awareness of an inclusive care economy.

Glad to see over 73 students displaced by insecurity return to Cheptulel Boys’ School, closer to their homes. This provides a stable learning environment to foster growth. Security remains key to education, as we welcome more students from Marakwet soon.

Today, we approved two key policy frameworks: the Kapenguria Municipality Spatial Plan and IDP, which will guide land use, infrastructure, and environmental conservation. After meeting with stakeholders, the plans now head to the County Assembly for approval.

Exciting news for #CheranganyEcosystem as @NETFUNDKenya & West Pokot County launch a €4M project to restore ecosystems, boost livelihoods & enhance climate resilience. Together, we’re protecting nature & securing our future! #ClimateAction #SustainableForests

Governor @SimonKachapin met with @GGBCircle, Mastercard Foundation & Perur Rays of Hope to discuss expanding the HerLab program at Morpus Rescue Center. This initiative will equip 24,000 women & girls with technical skills for economic empowerment.

Governor Simon Kachapin has today assented to the West Pokot County Community Service Act, 2024, a law that streamlines the hiring, remuneration, and management of casual workers. The Act will now pave way for remuneration of casual workers. #TransformationalLeadership

Today, I signed the West Pokot County Community Service Act, 2024, ensuring fair wages, job security, and dignity for our casual workers. This law prioritizes youth, women, PWDs & marginalized groups, creating opportunities for all. A step toward fairness & progress.

🚺 #InternationalWomensDay, we stand For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment. Together, we are ending FGM, tackling GBV, and creating opportunities for women in West Pokot. The time for change is NOW! @YouthSustWorld UN Women Council of Governors

Better healthcare, clean water, and quality education! ✅ Governor Kachapin commissions Parua Maternity Wing, inspects the Kaplelach-Parua East-Ortum Water Project&celebrates KCSE excellence at St. Peter’s Parua. A brighter future for West Pokot! #TransformingLives #WestPokot

H.E. @GovKachapin welcomed @IrelandinKenya led by H.E. Neale Richmond for discussions on climate resilience, peeace & youth empowerment. The visit highlights 🇮🇪’s support through the Powering Peace through Climate Action project. #TransformationalLeadership

We are heartbroken by the tragic Moroto-Loroo road accident that took four lives from West Pokot. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families during this difficult time. As we grieve, may we find strength in unity, and may the departed rest in eternal peace.

Governor Simon Kachapin today welcomed a delegation from @villageent ahead of the official launch of seed capital to biz savings groups in Chepareria. West Pokot is proud to be the first county piloting the poverty graduation model – transforming lives, one enterprise at a time.

West Pokot has kicked off the development of a Poverty Graduation Bill—anchoring the #UPG model into county systems. This step marks a step foundation towards poverty reduction. Grateful to Village Enterprise for walking this journey with us.

Last week, Village Enterprise & County Government of West Pokot gave Ksh 2.7M in business grants to 450 entrepreneurs in Siyoi, Endough, & Weiwei Wards under the Ultra Poor Graduation project funded by Gates Foundation. This will kickstart new businesses & lift families out of extreme poverty!

H.E. Simon Kachapin today hosted a delegation from the State Dept. of Gender ahead of #MenstrualHygieneDay at Nasokol. CS Hon. Hanna Cheptumo will join us tomorrow to launch the Hope GBV Centre & lead celebrations. #WestPokot #DignityForGirls

H.E. Simon Kachapin met Dr. Augustine Cheruiyot & the PETS team to align West Pokot with BETA priorities—agriculture, MSMEs, UHC, housing & digital economy. Follow-up missions set for June. westpokot.go.ke/2025/05/28/gov…

🌱 Major win for #Agroecology! The West Pokot Cabinet has adopted a bold, farmer-led Agroecology Policy—supported by @BIBAKenya & Greenpeace Africa—to boost soil health, biodiversity & food sovereignty. Simon Kachapin “This sets a new direction for our agriculture.” #WestPokot

A very happy Madaraka Day to the great people of West Pokot County. Let us celebrate our freedom and progress as we continue to build a prosperous future together. God bless West Pokot.