The Citizen Voice

  Former President of the East African Law Society Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu at his office in Kisumu today where he has advised the UDA Leaders to drop the debate on the need to extend the Presidential term limit from five to seven years-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo   September 28, 2023   Extending Presidential Term limit is not a priority to Kenyans, lawyer says    The ongoing debate on extending the Presidential Term Limit is not a priority to Kenyans, a Lawyer has said.   Former President of the East African Law Society Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu says the ongoing debate where a section of UDA leaders have advocated for the extension of Presidential term limit from the current five years to seven years has never been a priority to Kenyans hence such a debate should stop forthwith.   Mwamu says Kenyans have other matters which should be of the priority like high cost of living which should be lowered other than engaging them on the need to extend the Presidential term

  Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo{M} the Post Connected Summit Partners Breakfast meeting-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo   September 27, 2023   Curriculum on Digital Literacy developed as 20M Kenyans set to be trained   The Government intends to train about 20 million Kenyans on Digital Literacy.   T he Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and Digital Economy says it has developed a curriculum that will be used to train over 20 million Kenyans   to improve their digital literacy . Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo says this training will equip Kenyans with Digital Literacy as well as increasing the number of people in the country with digital skills. Owalo says o ther areas of focus in this regard include   Last mile digital inclusion through WiFi, now ongoing; Digital super highway partner firms to expand the superhighway have been recruited; Digital skills training for the  youth is ongoing. “   In

              The Monument in Kisumu Along Jomo Kenyatta Highway-Photo By James Keyi By Dickson Odhiambo   September 27, 2023   Company wants shs 25M as compensation for damages from Safaricom on a Ksm monument   A company wants Safaricom Limited to pay it shs 25Million for damages it has suffered when a monument it was leased to by the County Government of Kisumu was alleged to have been forcefully taken by safaricom in 2019 in Kisumu.   The Company known as Events and Functions Limited told a High Court in Kisumu on Tuesday this week that it suffered loses when Safaricom Limited allegedly took a monument in Kisumu forcefully and re-branded it with its colors without following due process of law.   Testifying during the hearing of the case before Kisumu High Court Judge Mwanaisha Sharif Said, Events and Functions Limited Chief Executive Officer Bernard Omondi told the Court that it had a Private and Public Partnership agreement with the County Government of Kisumu where the Monument s

Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo joins residents of Migori County and other Leaders in a jig during an occassion to empower women Groups on the importance of having various business opportunities-Photo Courtesy    By Dickson Odhiambo   September 24, 2023   Lake Region Ring Road will spur development in Nyanza Region, Govt says   The Nyanza Region and the Larger Western part of Kenya will have massive development with the earmarked construction of the Lake Region Ring Road, the Kenya Kwanza Government has hinted.   The Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo says the Government of Kenya Kwanza under President Dr. William Ruto intends to embark on the construction of the Lake Region Ring Road from Busia County all through to the Border of Kenya and Tanzania in Migori County.   Addressing the residents of Migori County on the need to embrace businesses opportunities and the Government funding being offered to empower the citizen

  Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo addressing Members of Women Groups in Migori County at Awendo area-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo   September 23, 2023   Form Saccos to help you Grow economically, CS Owalo urges residents of Nyanza   THE Residents of Nyanza region to embark on forming Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies to help them grow and have sustainable development.   Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo says this is one of the ways for the residents of Nyanza region to invest and Grow economically and have sustainable  development within their areas.   Addressing Members of various women Groups who engage in various businesses in Migori County today during an economic empowerment program, CS Owalo says Saccos have done marvelous work in terms of investments and has helped people at the grass root level to grow economically.   Owalo says there is need for the residents to get into formal grouping

    Part of the Delegation of 400 participants at CS Eliud Owalo's home in Asembo  for an interactive empowerment session with technical officers from the State Department of Cooperatives, State Department for MSMEs, State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries (BEF), and the President’s Gender Advisory Unit-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo   September 18, 2023   Women in Nyanza urged to form groups for serious businesses and grow together   A NUMBER of Women from Nyanza region have been urged to engage and form groups that will enable them carry out serious businesses for their prosperity.   Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and  Digital Economy Eliud Owalo says this is the surest way for women in Nyanza region to prosper just like other Kenyans from other parts of the country.   Addressing women leaders from Five Sub-Counties within Siaya County at his Home in Rarieda Constituency, Owalo there is need for the women from Nyanza region to start forming organized groups and Sa

    Kisumu Woman Representative Ruth Adhiambo Odinga hands over a cheque to one of the group members from Muhoroni Sub-County-Photo Courtesy    By  Dickson Odhiambo   September 15, 2023   Leaders told to empower electorates to be self-reliant  The elected Leaders have been urged to work together for the betterment of the electorates they represent in various positions after being elected during the last Polls.   They have been urged to shun the culture of handouts and instead embark on empowering the electorates to be self employed.   Kisumu Woman Representative Ruth Odinga says by empowering the electorates, the elected Leaders will have helped in creation of self employment rather encouraging the Culture of handouts among the electorates.   Odinga says by empowering the electorates, they will become self-reliant and embark on doing meaningful income generating activities that will help them earn means of livelihoods.   Odinga was speaking in Muhoroni Sub county after her office distr