The Citizen Voice

Ken Amondi, An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya-Photo Courtesy   By Dickson Odhiambo August 27, 2020 Have Kenyans gained enough in the Constitution since its inception ten years ago? KENYANS ushered in the new Constitution on August 27, 2010 and today the country marks exactly ten years since the document was promulgated on that day after being voted overwhelmingly during the National Referendum that was held on August 4, 2010. The new Constitution did away with the old one which emphatically had the issue of Imperial Presidency at heart with so much immense powers where two Presidents namely Kenya’s Founding Father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi ruled with serious iron feast under this constitution. Both have since died with Kenyatta passing on in August 1978 and Moi having his final bow this year in February. Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki ruled under the old constitution during his first term in office from December 30, 2002 to December 2007.

  By Dickson Odhiambo August 27, 2020 World Animal Protection Launches a Digital Campaign to End Global Wildlife Trade World Animal Protection has launched a global digital campaign to end wildlife trade.   The campaign aims to put pressure on South Africa and other G20 countries to commit to a ban on the global wildlife trade. The campaign comes at the back of more evidence that COVID19 could have come from animal trade. “ The leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies can bring about a collective response and global answers to the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics. We can no longer afford to leave this to chance. A global wildlife trade ban is the only way to end the cruelty and protect our health and economies.” Says Edith Kabesiime, Campaigns Manager at World Animal Protection. She says Animals like lions are at the center of a cruel multi-billion-dollar business that exploits them on an industrial scale. She adds that their bones are traded as medicine, br

Frankline Okoth, a form four candidate at Joel Omino Secondary in Kisumu tends to his vegetable at his farm in Kabonyo/ Kanyagwal ward.The project is a result of their long stay at home due to Covid-19 after the schools were closed-Photos and Captions By Dickson Odhiambo  By Dickson Odhiambo August 22, 2020   Kisumu’s Joel Omino Students take ESD concept to their homes despite Covid-19 effects Since the National Government under President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta closed down all learning institutions from Pre-Primary to institutions of higher learning in March this year due to the Corona virus pandemic, it has never been easy for many students who have stayed home for nearly five months without schooling. But this scenario seems to have been a big blessing for some students of Joel Omino Secondary school within Kisumu Central Sub-County in Kisumu city. One of such student is an 18 year old boy Frankline Okoth, a form four candidate who would be sitting his final Exams this Octo