Governor Ranguma tells off critics accusing him of planning to ditch ODM.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

April 11, 2017.

Governor Ranguma tells off critics accusing him of planning to ditch ODM.

KISUMU County Governor Jack Ranguma has told off his critics who have accused him of wanting to ditch the Orange Democratic Movement {ODM} Party.

Ranguma said he has no plans to ditch the party ahead of its primaries slated this month so as to pick various candidates on various posts for the August 8, this year’s General Election.

Addressing the press at Sunset Hotel on Monday, Ranguma said he will participate in the Party’s primaries slated this April 24 and will emerge the winner so as to be its Gubernatorial candidate for Kisumu County.

Governor Ranguma is seeking for re-election as the Kisumu County Governor for his second and final term in office having been elected as its first governor on March 4,2013 General Election, an election that ushered in devolution Syetem of Governance brought about by the promulgation of the Country’s constitution on August 27,2010.

If re-elected as the Governor in the August 8 this year, Ranguma will have served his second and final term in office as the first Kisumu County Governor till 2022 thus ending the constitutional limit of two five-year terms as an elected governor.

He says those who are peddling rumors that he wants to ditch the party are cowards and thinks that they own the party.

“I am here to win the ODM party primaries and not intending to move out of the party and those who are spreading such like rumors are not realistic in what they are trying to peddle to the public,” Ranguma says.

He says his track record speaks for itself hence this will surely propel him to be re-elected for his second and final term in office till 2022.

Ranguma says under his leadership, Kisumu County has undertaken various flagship projects ranging from road networks to other forms of development within the various parts of the county since he took over as its first Governor.

The Governor adds that he will continue to implement his seven point pillars for development ranging from food security to construction of water dams among others.

On food security, Ranguma says he plans to empower more farmers across the county to ensure that there is sufficient food for the residents.

“We will invest heavily in equipment which will help us as a county in minimizing the post-harvest losses by the farmers and the residents as a whole,” Ranguma adds.

On Irrigation, he says plans are underway to construct a new dam at KatukOdeyo Village in Nyakach Sub-County so as to help in the irrigation process in the entire Nyando basin.

He says the county Government will also construct a dam in Koru area within Muhoroni Sub-County so as to help in the storage of water as well as irrigation purposes.

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