The Citizen Voice

  M-PESA Foundation officials during the ground breaking ceremony of  complex Tuition block at Garissa University-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo      February 13, 2026   Garissa University learners set to benefit from sh 272.9M Tuition Complex Over 5,000 learners in Garissa University are set to benefit from improved learning outcomes of a new Tuition Complex worth KES 272.9 million. The project which is funded by the Mpesa Foundation will see the construction and equipping of modern lecture halls, science & ICT laboratories, faculty offices, examination and conference facilities powered by solar energy with water harvesting systems, making them sustainable. This is in addition to a Safaricom Innovation & Entrepreneurship Centre, in a bid to encourage skills-based education for young people. “Education has the power to transform lives if learners are given an opportunity to access quality facilities. Education goes beyond conten...

  Former President of the East African Law Society James Aggrey Mwamu at his office in Kisumu today where he has condemned CS Interior's order to the police of shoot to kill protestors -Photo and Story By Dickson Odhiambo June 27, 2025 CS Murkomen’s order on shoot to kill is illegal The order that the Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen issued to police to shoot and kill protestors threatening them is very much illegal, a lawyer has said. Former President of the East African Law Society James Aggrey Mwamu says this is a very unlawful order that must be condemned in the strongest terms possible. Addressing the press at his Kisumu office today, Mwamu said civil disobedience must be quelled in a peaceful manner and not with shooting of the protestors. Mwamu says the Police Service have several avenues like using reasonable force, rubber bullets and water cannons to quell riots across the country other than using live bullets. “Those are situations that are enou...

ACK Clergy from Nyanza Region during a press Conference in Kisumu today. From Right Bishop Elect Bernard Owuor{Maseno East}, Bishop Charles Ong'injo{Maseno South}, Bishop Prof David Kodia{Bondo} and Assistant Bishop ACK Bondo Diocese Dr. Emily Onyango-Story and Photo  By Dickson Odhiambo June 20, 2025  ACK Bishops in Nyanza tells President to bring sanity in police Service The Anglican Church of Kenya in Nyanza region has told President William Ruto to bring sanity in the security service especially in the Police service. The Bishops say they are really disappointed that President William Ruto has virtually failed to stand with Kenyans who are the target of police brutality. The ACK Bishops namely Prof David Kodia of Bondo Diocese, Charles Ong’injo of Maseno South, John Orina Omangi of Upper Southern Nyanza, Bernard Owuor, the Bishop Elect of Maseno East Diocese and Dr. Emily Onyango, the Assistant Bishop of ACK Bondo Diocese say it is high time President Ruto come o...

      CS Opiyo Wandayi recently in Nyando when he launched an electricity project-Photo Courtesy   By Dickson Odhiambo June 17, 2025 KPC Build shs 5M Computer lab at a school in Nyando The Kenya Pipeline Corporation has built a magnificent Computer laboratory worth shs 5 million at Ong’eche Primary School in Nyando Constituency. Cabinet Secretary in Charge of Energy and Petroleum Opiyo Wandayi said this is one of the projects that the Kenya Pipeline Corporation Foundation has launched in Kisumu and Siaya worth over shs 20 Million. CS Wandayi says other projects include a block with twin laboratories and a classroom at Dr. Iddah Odinga Girls Secondary School and a new school bus for Rangala Boys Secondary School. Addressing the residents of Kobura ward during the launch of the project, Wandayi said the students will now be able to sit for computer studies exams next year, adding that this will be building skills that are vital in today’s digital economy. ...

Former President of the East Africa Law Society Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu address the media during a past event-Photo Courtesy    By Dickson Odhiambo June 6, 2025 There is no law preventing transfer of NGCDF to Counties, Lawyer says The National Government Constituency Development Funds can be directly transferred from the National Government to the Counties since there is no law preventing such transfer of funds, a lawyer has said. Former President of East African Law Society James Aggrey Mwamu says since both CDF Act 2013 and NGCDF Act 2015 have been declared unconstitutional by the High Court and the Supreme Court, the National Government can take the funds and transfer it directly to counties to manage it. Mwamu says since the funds have been declared illegal under the Members of Parliament, the National Government can take the funds and re-directs it to Counties. Mwamu says the funds can’t be entrenched into the current Constitution unless its Management is to...

  Community Engagement and Media Initiative in Kisumu{CEMI-K} officials Bernard Okebe{R} and Dominic Odipo{L} pose for a group photo with residents of Kakmie Sub-Location after being trained on Communicating on flooding risks-Photo Courtesy   By Dickson Odhiambo June 6, 2025 Community trained on communicating on flood risks A section of residents of Kakmie Sub-Location in Nyando have been trained on issues of Communicating flooding risks to help in Mitigating effects that may be caused by floods as a result of heavy rains that have been witnessed during this year’s long rainy season. The more than 20 community members drawn within the said Sub-Location have received such training from a Community Based Organization known as Community Empowerment and Media Initiative in Kisumu {CEMI-K}. Community Empowerment and Media Initiative in Kisumu{CEMI-K} Director Bernard Okebe says areas like Nyando, Nyakach, Nyatike and Budalangi have been experiencing floods caused by ...