County leaders from the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) have wrapped up a regional knowledge-sharing workshop aimed at advancing health advocacy and policy reforms.

The session brought together County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) for Health and Finance, County Attorneys, Chief Officers for Health and Finance, and Caucus members. It served as a platform for counties to reflect on common challenges, share best practices, and develop coordinated strategies to improve health systems across the bloc.

At the center of discussions was the need to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) and Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) policies, with county officials also rallying behind the scale-up of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.

Participants were taken through the Championing Evidence-Based Advocacy (CEBA) Project, which is supporting counties to use data-driven approaches for health decision-making. Practical tools were shared to help county leaders tailor advocacy strategies that can secure increased local financing and enhance accountability in health service delivery.

The workshop concluded with a commitment to build stronger advocacy networks across LREB, ensuring sustained collaboration, improved policy inclusion, and greater community access to quality health services.

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Kakamega County governor Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya who chairs both Council of Governors (CoG) and Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) is set to resign as LREB chairman.

Oparanya while announcing his intention to resign from the post explained that the responsibilities of chairing both the bloc and the CoG have become overwhelming.

Oparanya further notes that he has been delegating majority of his LREB duties to his deputy Professor Philip Kutima due to numerous CoG meetings in Nairobi.

The bloc consists of 14 counties: Kakamega, Bomet, Bungoma, Busia, Kericho, Homa Bay, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, Nandi, Nyamira, Siaya, Trans Nzoia and Vihiga.

LREB was launched in 2015 as an instrument of fast-tracking development projects within member counties. Each county would contribute to an LREB Bank, which is yet to be formed, and funds would be used to facilitate their agenda.

The bloc has received opposition from lobby groups which are calling for public participation before member counties pass the LREB Bill into law.

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