The Citizen Voice

 Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Mathews Owili{L} consult with the PS in the State Department of Livestock Dr. Andrew Tuimur during the official opening of the Kenya Veterinary Association Scientific Conference in Kisumu on Wednesday.The PS says the Government plans to eradicate rabies by the year 2030-Photo By James Keyi. By Dickson Odhiambo. September 28, 2017. Government plans to eradicate rabies in Kenya by 2030, PS says. THE Government is fully committed in ensuring that the rabies disease caused by dogs is eradicated by the year 2030, a Principal Secretary has said. The Principal Secretary in the State Department of Livestock Andrew Tuimur says a strategy has already been developed to ensure that the disease is eradicated in the country by the year 2030. He says the strategy is known as Rabies Elimination Strategy 2014-2030. Speaking in Kisumu during the official opening Kenya Veterinary Association Scientific Conference, Tuimur said the...

Participants following proceedings during a stakeholders' two days meeting in Kisumu on validation report on the baseline survey on the skill missing gaps among the small holder farmers in four counties -Photo By James Keyi. By Dickson Odhiambo. September 26, 2017. Small holder farmers should access skills to improve on their production, Lobby says. There is still need for the small holder farmers within East African region to access skills and knowledge in modern agriculture so as to help them improve on their produce, a lobby group has said. The Group says that project working under the civic engagement alliance is advocating for the small holder farmers to access more improved skills and knowledge so as to enable them have improved production. Speaking during a meeting of stakeholders in Kisumu, ICCO and Edukans Regional skills expert for East Africa Robert Njoroge said they are focused on doing lobbying and advocacy to the small holder farme...

 The Kenya Films Classification Board Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ezekiel Mutua{2nd R} address the press in Kisumu on Thursday where he has urged Media Houses to start vetting political analysts so as to avoid those who are alarmist while on air where they incite the public-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo. September 21, 2017. Vet Political Analysts to avoid alarmists, Board tells media. THE MEDIA houses in the country have been told to first vet various political analysts before inviting them for political talk shows. The Kenya Film Classification Board Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ezekiel Mutua says some of the so called political analysts are so alarming and engage in inciting the public while on air once invited by the media for political talk shows hence need to be vetted properly. Speaking in Kisumu during a courtesy call to the Nyanza regional Coordinator's office, Mutua said the media houses should begin the vetting pro...

 Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o inspects a guard of honor by the County Inspectorate department during the official opening of the Kisumu County Assembly. He pledges his support for the Assembly to do its work. -Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo. September 19, 2017. We will support County Assembly of Kisumu to do its work, Nyong’o says. KISUMU County Governor Prof. Anyang Nyong’o has pledged his Government’s full support of the second County Assembly of Kisumu to do its work effectively. Nyong’o says the executive wing of the County   Government headed by him as the Governor and Dr. Mathews Owili as his deputy will not only lay demands on the Assembly without reflecting on how it may be supported and strengthened to do its work. Addressing the Assembly during its official opening for its first session on Tuesday, Governor Nyong’o has thanked the 48 MCAs both elected and nominated for having made the first step towards...

 One of the streets in Kisumu City.Sex workers urges for peaceful environment in the line of their duties as they become concerned with their safety and security-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo. September 19, 2017. Sex workers urges for peaceful environment as they get enlightened on safety and security. WHEN the Supreme Court of Kenya on September 1 this year declared the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta null and void because the electoral body did not conduct the August 8 2017 polls in accordance to the constitution and other election related laws and ordered for a repeat of a Presidential election within 60 days, this was as a shy of relief for majority of Kenyans who were seen celebrating in most parts of the country. The ruling which came barely a day after a group of sex workers both from Kisii and Kisumu counties held a meeting in Kisumu while raising serious security concerns in the line of their duties might have also been a...