Local News - By Ken Simiyu – 6.09.2012 - Empowerment on the importance of birth registration in Turkana County.

The department of birth and death registration in collaboration with World Vision held a training at Nawoitorong Women conference center for empowering the Turkana community on birth and registration. Speaking during the workshop, Mr. Festus Wangele who is in charge of children in the North rift said that many people neglect the registration of birth for their children. Mr. Wangele highlighted the importance of birth registration as the government will find it easy to plan for the children during the budget time. Registration also is the right of the child just it is for the naming and taking of the child to school. Mr. Wangele, however, said that it is easy and recommended for the registration to be done early.