I will establish Kisumu County Revenue Board-Nyong’o.

READY: A section of women in Kisumu County who were addressed by Kisumu County ODM Party Gubernatorial Candidate Prof.Peter Anyang Nyongo at Social Hall on Friday.He says his Government will be all inclusive should he be elected the next Governor of Kisumu County-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

By Dickson Odhiambo.

July 22, 2017.

Kisumu County ODM Party Gubernatorial Candidate Prof.Peter Anyang Nyongo has reiterated that he will immediately form a Revenue Board to look into the issue of local revenue collection and management if elected the next governor during the next month’s General Elections.

Nyong’o says the formation of the Board known as Kisumu County Revenue Board is very critical in the management of the revenue generated locally within the county.

Speaking at Kisumu’s Social Hall during  meeting with over 2,000 women in a bid to drum up support for his election bid as the next Kisumu County Governor, Nyong’o says counties like Meru has formed such a board and has greatly helped in increase of the local revenue generated there.

He says Kisumu County has great potentials hence a good amount from local revenue can be generated so as to also help in developing the county.

“A county like Meru which used to generate only a paltry 800 million locally can now boast of getting about 2.1 billion annually as its local revenue and this is after they formed their county revenue board to oversee the management of local revenue. I believe the same can be replicated in Kisumu here and we will do it if given a chance to be in the leadership position at the county,” Nyong’o says.

He adds that this will greatly help in sealing various loopholes used by some few individuals at the county in swindling the funds generated from the local revenue collection to their own pockets.

 Nyong’o says he will ensure if elected as the next Governor of Kisumu to address the interests of women, Youth and people with disabilities within the county.

He says 30 percent of employment of top county workers will go to either gender as provided by law.

Nyong’o has promised the electorate that Kisumu County will be very much different under his leadership if elected the next Governor when he will be implementing his manifesto with a theme “ the Mission is possible”.

 “I will ensure clanism, corruption, nepotism and favoritism are not the order of the day during my reign as the Governor of Kisumu County,” Nyong’o says.

Nyong’o at the same time says if he forms the next government of Kisumu County as its Governor, he will ensure that he strengthens the county’s health care system by ensuring that there are proper structures as well as medication in various facilities.

He says the next county Government under his leadership and Dr. Mathews Owili  as his Deputy will ensure that all the Community Health Workers {CHWs} within the county are paid monthly salaries and this must be factored in the budget.

“When I was the Minister for Medical Services, I fully recognized the vital role played by the Community Health Workers across the country hence if elected the next Governor of Kisumu County I will ensure that the CHWs are paid a monthly salary so as help in motivating them in the course of their work and this must be factored in the budget and approved by the County Assembly,” he adds.

Nyong'o also says his government will issue the Community Health Workers with NHIF Card so that they can access treatment using the card in various health facilities across the county.

Nyong’o has also dismissed rumors going round that if he becomes the next Governor he will ensure that Boda Boda operators are blocked from coming within the Kisumu Central Business District, adding that this is just a pure lie peddled by one of his opponents.

He also says that it is a pure lie that if he becomes the next Governor of Kisumu County, he will sell the Miwani sugar Factory and the farmers land next to the factory.

“One of my opponents has embarked on smear campaigns and cheap propaganda which cannot help at all at this moment. I therefore urge the electorate to vote us in during the next month’s polls so that we are able to bring a change that the county yearns,” he concludes.

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