Hope for kyuso Maarifa centre to resume ICT training.

By Carlos Mutua

Kyuso community will have all the reasons to smile again as resumption of the ended ICT training is on discussion to cater for high demand for IT knowledge in kyuso. It’s now three months since the
last group of trainees were trained on free basic ICT skills.

‘’The ICT training project late July due to end of the Access to learning award that was Granted to ALIN by the Bill and Melinda Foundation, as the donor funded ICT training only for two years, ALIN has sokopepe as the only funded project with the aim of linking the producers/farmers with buyers’’, said Esther Lungahi- ALIN project officer. She added that apart from sokopepe connecting farmers with market, farmers can access affordable inputs as well as banking services such as loans. 

Speaking at a meeting in Kyuso empowerment center on Tuesday Esther added that sokopepe platform is aimed at ensuring that farmers get fair prices for their agricultural commodities for the improved livelihood.

Mr. Antony Mugo who presented the country director in the meeting urged the people at the meeting to encourage people to be registered in sokopepe through their mobile phone or online at the Maarifa. He shared with participants the short code used for accessing sokopepe services using mobile number which he said is 20245. He added that any mobile phone as well as service providers. The field officer Mr. John Njue too promised to be visiting farmers group to help them in sokopepe registration.

The former ICT trainer furnished the participants of the meeting with data of people trained and the impact of the training in larger Mwingi sub-county. Julius Mwonga the ICT trainer said that more than five hundred people have benefited from training since January 2012. He added that many people have been asking for enrollment in ICT training.

Agnes Mughi the advisory chairperson said that with help of other members will do all possible means to have ICT Training back to its feet as well as sokopepe registration so as to improve the community livelihood and bridging digital divide.