17/08/2026
๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐๐
Last week in Kakuma, we witnessed a powerful demonstration of enterprise, innovation, and resilience. The two-day Exhibition & Trade Fair hosted bt KKCF - Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund and co-hosted by the County Government of Turkana proved once again that Turkana is ripe for transformative commercial investment.
It was an honor to share the platform with our Chief Guest, H.E. Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus, who challenged KKCF - Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund investees and local entrepreneurs ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฃ๐จ๐-๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
At Turkana County - KNCCI, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ฆ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐ก ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ & ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ:
To build on this momentum, KNCCI Turkana is advocating for:
๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ: Enacting structured trade laws to organize buyer-seller engagements.
๐ข ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ: Institutionalizing regular trade fairs to streamline commerce, attract cross-border buyers, and give investors predictability.
A huge commendation to the World Bank Group-IFC, AECF, the Department of Refugee Services led by Thomas Siele, Director for Trade Winnie Loposh, our financial sector partners (KCB, Equity Bank, ICEA Lion, Kenya Bankers Association), and development partners (WFP, UNHCR, Inkomoko,BLEC) for driving market-systems development in Turkana.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐+ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐โ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ ๐
๐๐๐๐ฌโ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก
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