The Citizen Voice

  A resident and two children wades in water that has caused flash flood within Kakmie area of Awasi/Onjiko ward in Kisumu County Kenya after heavy downpour witnessed in the area today morning. Heavy rains have threatened to cause havoc in the area with crops in the field  to bear the burden of the heavy downpour-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

  Kisumu Human Rights Defenders address the press in Kisumu today where they told the Police to stop intimidating them by unlawfully arresting some of them- Story and Photo  By Dickson Odhiambo May 9, 2026 Ksm Human Rights Defenders tells police to stop intimidating them A section of Kisumu Human Rights Defenders have fired a warning shot telling the police to stop intimidating them through what they have termed as unlawful arrests. The Activists led by Boniface Ogutu Akach, Ricky Mugah among others claim that there has been a trend where the police is being misused by some senior Government officials to unlawfully arrest those who have dissenting voices and spreading the narrative of one term that does not supports President William Ruto’s re-election bid in the next year’s General Election. Addressing the press in Kisumu today to register their displeasure with the police, the Kisumu Human Rights Defenders have taken issues with the Police particularly from the `Di...

  Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong'o hands over a trophy to the CEC in charge of Health Dr Gregory Ganda after the Department of Health emerged the best during the unveiling of the performance report 2024/2025-Photo Courtesy  By Dickson Odhiambo May 8, 2026 Nyong’o unveils Performance report, urge County employees to continue delivering services   Kisumu Governor Prof Peter Anyang Nyong’o has urged the employees at his County Government to continue to deliver on the services to the people. Nyong’o says most of the Departments within the County Government of Kisumu had set their targets clearly and have implemented accordingly. Addressing the employees of various departments during the unveiling of the 2024/2025 Performance Report at Mamaa Grace Onyango Hall in Kisumu, Governor Nyong’o   said their performances has since been evaluated through a structured and competitive process. “Today, we present these results, not just as statistics, but as a reflecti...

  Jane Leete, an Alumnus who graduated at the Egerton University 72 Years ago in 1955 shakes hands with Egerton University's Vice Chancellor Prof. Isaac Kibwage when she paid him a courtesy call at Njoro Main Campus-Photo Courtesy  By Dickson Odhiambo   May 6,2026   Nostalgic moment at Egerton University as Alumnus walks back 72 years after graduating   The institutions of learning where we normally get knowledge sometimes become part of our lives long after we leave such places.   This has been the case with one Alumnus who studied in 1950’s at the Prestigious Egerton University.   For Jane Leete, Time has a way of bringing her back to the Institution that shaped her life.   This week, she walked in at the Egerton University’s Main Campus at Njoro Quietly and Unannounced.   For the Class of 1955 which is the pioneer class of Egerton Agricultural College{Now Egerton University}, this return is more than a visit as ...

            Siaya Governor James Orengo address a meeting in Mombasa-Photo Courtesy  By Dickson Odhiambo May 5, 2026 Orengo tells Linda Ground to acknowledge his legal groundwork on ODM Party funding   Siaya Governor Senior Counsel James Orengo has told the Linda Ground Brigade in ODM to acknowledge his legal groundwork on the issue of ODM political Party funding from the National Government. Orengo says it is indeed in the public domain that he personally initiated the legal proceedings on behalf of ODM to determine the funds owed to the party by the Government. Orengo says the Kenyan shillings 12.6 billion figure exists today only because of the ruling in the case he filed. He adds that it is ironical to see the Linda Ground wing of ODM Party now demanding these funds from the President without acknowledging the legal groundwork he laid. The Siaya Governor who is leading the Linda Mwananchi brigade claims that their counterpart ha...

  A section of of Kisumu Journalists participating in the blood donation drive in Kisumu as they mark this Year's World Press Freedom Day-Photo Courtesy  By Dickson Odhiambo     May 5, 2026 Ksm Scribes Plant trees, donates blood in Solidarity as World Press Freedom Day marked The Kisumu Journalists Fraternity have planted trees in and public primary school and donated blood to a level Six  Hospital as they mark this Year’s World Press Freedom Day. The Journalists representing three networks namely the Kisumu Journalists Network, Kenya Correspondents Association and the Lake Region Journalists Network worked in solidarity as they Mark this Year’s World Press Freedom Day with an aim serving the people during these events. Addressing the Press in Kisumu at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu, Kisumu Journalists Network Chairman Rushdie Oudia said the Journalists in Kisumu have come up with the initiative of donating the bl...