The Citizen Voice

 The previous Kisumu County Assembly in a session.Seven people have so far declare their interest to view as Speaker of the County Assembly among them Ann Adul who has been the Speaker-File Photo. By Dickson Odhiambo. August 31, 2017. Battle for Speaker’s seat taken a notch higher as seven show interest in Kisumu.  THE Battle for the Seat of the Speaker at the Kisumu County Assembly has been taken a notch higher as seven people declare their interest to contest the seat. With only a few days for the Kisumu County Assembly to convene, a number of candidates for the position of the Speaker for the second Assembly of Kisumu County have shown interest to contest one of the most coveted seats within the County Government Structure. The County Assembly of Kisumu is set to convene its first sitting next week and all the 35 elected Ward Representatives and the nominated Members of the County Assembly will be sworn in on the same day, then their fi...

 Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Ann Adul.She seeks re-election on account of her achievements during her tenure in the first Assembly of Kisumu County-File Photo. By Dickson Odhiambo. August 30, 2017. Adul seeks re-election on account of her achievements as the Speaker. KISUMU County Assembly Speaker Ann Adul has said she will defend her seat as the Speaker when the Assembly convenes. Adul says her record during her tenure as the speaker speaks for itself hence this makes her to seek a re-election. In an exclusive interview with journalists in her office at the precincts of the Kisumu County Assembly, Adul lists 12 achievements during her tenure as the speaker during the first Assembly of Kisumu County. She says during her tenure as the Speaker in 2014, Kisumu County Assembly was ranked third after Nairobi and Nakuru for having passed 15 pieces of Legislation. Adul says she managed to successfully spearhead the first model legislation f...

 The County Assembly of Kisumu.A Kisumu based lawyer Ken Amondi has declared his interest to vie again as the Speaker of the Assembly-File Photo. By Dickson Odhiambo. August 29, 2017. Lawyer Amondi declares interest in Kisumu County Assembly Speaker’s seat. A KISUMU Based Lawyer has declared his interest to vie again for the position of Speaker of Kisumu County Assembly. Advocate Ken Amondi of Amondi and Company Advocates has again shown interest to contest the position of the Kisumu County Assembly Speaker after he did so but missed it by a whisker after narrowly losing to the outgoing speaker Ann Adul in the year 2013. Speaking to Journalists in his office in Kisumu, Amondi said the main objective of him vying again for the seat so that the County Assembly of Kisumu to be a focal point for enactment of legislation that would drive agenda of the Manifesto of the Current new County Government. Amondi says he supports the new County Government’s A...

Kisumu Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o pays his last respect to six-month old Baby Samantha Pendo during her requiem mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kisumu on Friday-Photo By James Keyi. By Dickson Odhiambo. August 26, 2017. Baby Pendo’s being buried today as Hundreds attended her requiem mass. HUNDREDS of Kisumu County Residents led by Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o yesterday thronged Saint Joseph Catholic Church where they attended a requiem mass for Baby Josephine Samantha Pendo who died two weeks ago following alleged police brutality. Tears flowed freely from the eyes of the congregation who attended the mass conducted by Reverend Father Samwel Nyataya who said justice should be seen to be done following the unfortunate circumstances under which Pendo died.   He also called for justice to be served to all the victims of the post –poll protests witnessed in Kisumu and parts of Nairobi. A woman from Nakuru County who also ...