The Citizen Voice

 CEC in charge of Finance in Kisumu County Nerry Achar{2nd left} address the press today where he has announced that the boda boda operators within the county will be taxed from tomorrow-Photo By Jacob Owiti/County Government of Kisumu. By Dickson Odhiambo. July 31, 2018. 35,000 Boda Boda Operators in Kisumu County set to be taxed. The County Government of KISUMU is set to tax 35,000 Boda Boda Operators within the entire County beginning tomorrow. Kisumu County Executive Committee  Member in charge of Finance Nerry Achar says the move aims at generating revenue to the county Government. Addressing the press in Kisumu today,Achar said the county Government will on a daily basis charge shs 20 each Boda Boda Operator within the county. He says those who are not registered with a Sacco or a Community Based Organization will be dealt with individually but those who are registered  will be dealt with through their various Sacco. "Those Boda B

 East Kisumu Location Chief Aloyce Aboge {R} and an Assistant Chief inspect some of the cartons of illicit brew netted today at a home near Pundo Market.He has promised a serious crackdown on the illicit brew in the area-Photo Courtesy. By Dickson Odhiambo. July 30,2018 Chief promises serious crackdown on illicit Brew in East Kisumu. THE fight against illicit brew in East Kisumu Location will go on on very a serious note,an administrator has said. East Kisumu Location Chief Aloyce Aboge says he has intensified the fight against the illicit alcohol within the area and will continue with the exercise. Speaking to the press at Pundo Market near Bandani area within Kogony Sub-location today after conducting a raid to a home and netted the illicit alcohol,Aboge said the area security team led by him will not relent to the fight against illicit brew. He says the illicit brew has been netted following a tip off from a member of the public. During th

 Anglican Church of Kenya Dr.Jackson Ole Sapit in Kisumu today.He has said the issue of Mau conservation should never be politicized-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.   By Dickson Odhiambo July 29,2018. Issue of conserving Mau should not be politicized, ACK Arch Bishop says. The Issue of conservation about Mau forest and other areas should never be politicized, a clergy has said. The Anglican Church of Kenya(ACK) Arch Bishop Rev.Jackson Ole Sapit says politicians who are out to politicize the issue of Mau forest conservation should desist from such an issue. Addressing the press after Presiding over a retirement service for ACK Bishop in charge of Maseno South Diocese Francis Mwayi Abiero today ,Sapit said  President Uhuru Kenyatta should never relent on the issue of conserving Mau forest and other water towers across the country. The Clergy says without such nature being preserved,there will be no future for this nation. "Therefore we want to urge t

 Anglican Church of Kenya Arch Bishop Dr. Jackson Ole Sapit{C} with the outgoing Bishop for ACK Maseno South  Dr. Francis Mwayi Abiero during the retirement service for Dr. Abiero at All Saints  Cathedral in Kisumu today-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By   Dickson Odhiambo. July 29,2018. Address problems facing youth in a concerted effort manner, ACK Head says. Problem facing the youth in the country should be addressed in a concerted approach manner, a clergy has said. Anglican Church of Kenya Arch Bishop Most Rev.Jackson Ole Sapit says a number of the youth in the country are faced with a lot of problems ranging from drug abuse among others. Speaking at Saints Stephens cathedral in Kisumu today during a retirement service for the Bishop of Maseno South Diocese Right Rev Francis Mwayi Abiero, Sapit said a recent research by the World Health Organization projects that due to life style of the youth, 30 percent will not be able to live to celebrate their 4

 Kisumu Senator Fred Outa{C} leaves the Court in Kisumu after his acquittal over charges to incitement-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo. July 27, 2018. Senator Outa Acquitted over charges to incitement.  THE Kisumu   Court has acquitted Kisumu Senator Fred Outa over charges to incitement and destruction at Ahero Girls High School in Nyando Sub-County. Outa was charged in 2016 when he was the MP for Nyando constituency following unrest at the school at the time. He was charged for causing breach of peace in the school and destruction of school property. Senior Principal Magistrate Julius Nga’rnga’r says the evidence presented by the prosecution was not solid to sustain the case in court. Nga’rnga’r says Outa did not breach the peace within the school as that had happened before he had access to the school. The Magistrate says Outa had every right to visit the school as the then member of parliament of the area. Nga’rnga’

Migori Governor Okoth Obado greets his supporters after the Court of  Appeal in Kisumu upheld in election-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo.   July 27, 2018 Reprieve to Governor Obado as Court upholds his election. MIGORI Governor Zachary Okoth Obado has today gotten a reprieve after the Court of Appeal in Kisumu has upheld his win following the election on August 8 last year. Appellate Court has upheld the decision made earlier by Migori High Court that declared Governor Okoth Obado as validly elected. Justice Stephen Gatembu says the appellant Ochilo Mbogo Ayacko failed to prove his case and was on a fishing expedition. Gatembu says the High Court was factual in its ruling since most of the witnesses’ accounts could not be proved. He says the claims that the Governor bribed voters could not be authenticated. The appeal was set aside and the appellant ordered to bear the cost of the appeal capped at Sh. 2 million.