The Citizen Voice

  Nyanza Regional Commissioner Flora Mworoa address the press at her office in Kisumu today on the issue of floods within Nyanza region-Story and Photo By Dickson Odhiambo April 17, 2024   Floods displaces about 1,000 households in Nyanza region   ABOUT 1,000 households have been displaced by floods following heavy rains witnessed in Nyanza region.   Nyanza Regional Commissioner Flora Mworoa says the region has been experiencing above normal rainfalls.   Addressing the press at her Kisumu office, the Nyanza Regional Commissioner said some 6,302 people have been affected by the ongoing  heavy rains currently witnessed in Nyanza.   The Regional Commissioner has confirmed that one person has died as a result of the raging floods in Winam area within Kisumu County.   Mworoa says four counties namely Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori have been affected by the floods, adding that Kisii and Nyamira counties have not been affected by the floods.   The Regional Commissioner has urged the resid

  Everlyn Kephas inspects part of her Poultry project in West Karachuonyo where she is rearing over 3500 poultry with an aim of empowering widows and orphans within the area-Story and Photos By Dickson Odhiambo April 9, 2024  Foundation empowers women and youth through Massive Poultry farming in Homa Bay DEEP inside Kakdhimu area of West Karachuonyo within Homa Bay County lies a serious poultry rearing farm being managed by a Gospel artist who is very passionate in the business and it is the talk of the village.   For Everlyn Kephas who is a Gospel Artist known as Jalimbe , Poultry rearing is a business whose time has come at the right time and it is here where all her energies are directed with a focus of empowering widows and orphans within the area once the business picks up.   Everlyn  says she mooted the idea to her husband who was at first hesitant to support the initiative at the initial stage until he witnessed a massive poultry farming project from a friend in Kisumu.   Everly

  Michael Sangoro Manager in charge Litigation and disputes at theKenya Ports Authority who represented KPA Managing Director Captain William Ruto hands over the donation of food and other items to Joy Land Special school in Kisumu today-Story and Photo By Dickson Odhiambo   April 5, 2024   KPA Donates items worth sh 450,000 to Joy land school in Ksm   The Kenya Ports Authority has donated items worth shs 450,000 to Joy land Special school in Kisumu to help the children with special needs within the school.   The items donated ranges from mattresses, Bed sheets and food items.   Speaking during the hand over of the donations today at the Joy Land Special school in Kisumu, Michael Sangoro Manager in charge Litigation and disputes at theKenya Ports Authority who represented KPA Managing Director Captain William Ruto said the donation is part of the KPA Corporate Social Responsibility{CSR} activities.   He says it is part of appreciating their customers in the region while doing the Golf

  Kuppet Assistant National Treasurer Ronald Tonui address the press in Kisumu during the Bomet County Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association Conference-Photo and Story By Dickson Odhiambo April 5, 2024   Kuppet tells TSC to get sh 15B from Govt for Teachers’ promotion   The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers has told the Teachers Service Commission to seek for shs 15 Billion from the National Treasury for the Promotion of more teachers across the country.   Kuppet Assistant National Treasurer Ronald Tonui says the Government should be ready to release sh 15 billion that will cater for the promotion of more teachers in various parts of the country.   Speaking in Kisumu during the official opening of the Bomet County Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association Conference, the Kuppet Assistant National Treasurer says the recent promotion of 36,000 teachers across the country by the Teachers Services Commission is a drop in the ocean.   He says Teachers Service Commission sho

  30 women Entrepreneurs pose for a group photo after their graduation in Kisumu  through a United States Funded Program known as Academy for Women Entrepreneurs-Photo and Story By Dickson Odhiambo April 5, 2024   30 women entrepreneurs graduates in Kisumu   A TOTAL of 30  women in Kisumu have graduated through a United States Funded Program known as Academy for Women Entrepreneurs.   The Program has equiped them with knowledge, networks and access they need to start and scale successful businesses.   Addressing the press during the ceremony held in Kisumu, Eliud Wasike, the lead trainer in the program said they had 13 modules that were tackled during the sessions that took 13 weeks in four counties namely Kisumu, Nairobi, Machakos and Malindi.   He says the program is all about dream builder, adding that this has helped those trained to build their dreams right from their business ideas.   Wasike says the entrepreneurs have been trained on how to come up with good business ideas, Busi

  The Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Maryanne Keitany address the press in Kisumu today after carrying out a public participation process on the County Licensing{Uniform Procedures} Bill-Story and Photo By Dickson Odhiambo April 2, 2024   Bill to bring uniformity in Licensing at all Counties in the offing   A BILL that seeks to bring uniformity in licensing at all the 47 counties across the country currently before the National Assembly after being passed by the Senate.   The Bill known as the County Licensing{Uniform Procedures} Bill, 2022 was passed by the Senate on February 21,2024 and is now before the National Assembly which is currently carrying out public participation process across the country before being approved by Parliament.   Addressing the media in Kisumu today after carrying out a public participation process to seek the public’s view on the Bill, the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Mary