Onyango Oloo takes over as Kisumu County Assembly Second Speaker.

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 The Newly elected Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo address gives his acceptance speech on Wednesday-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.


By Dickson Odhiambo.

September 6, 2017.

Onyango Oloo takes over as Kisumu County Assembly Second Speaker.

FORMER The National Alliance Party{TNA} Secretary General George Onyango Oloo has taken over at the County Assembly as its second Speaker after being overwhelmingly elected.

Oloo who decamped to the Orange Democratic Movement {ODM} Party and contested at the party primaries in Kisumu Central Constituency and failed to clinch its ticket, has now managed to be elected the Kisumu county Assembly Speaker becoming its second Speaker.

He managed to trounce the immediate former Speaker Ann Atieno Adul by garnering 32 against Adul who only managed 5 votes.

His closest challenger for the seat is Advocate Ken Amondi who managed to get 11 votes while Peter Charles Omollo, Jared Sala and Cynthia Aluoch Osiro all got no votes.A total of six candidates contested the seat.


Announcing the official results after the polls where all the 48 Members of the County Assembly who had just been sworn-in voted, Kisumu County Assembly Clerk Ben Opiyo declared Oloo the winner after garnering the highest number of votes.


A total of 48 votes were cast as there were not spoil or rejected votes.

Migosi ward Representative Victor Rogers and his Kajulu Ward counterpart Roy Samo accompanied the Speaker-elect and indeed confirmed to the Assembly that he is duly the one who has been elected as the next Speaker after which he was sworn-in as the Speaker.

After his swearing-in, Oloo in his acceptance speech thanked the MCAs for electing him as the second Speaker of the County Assembly of Kisumu, adding  that he will serve the Assembly without fear or favor.

He also congratulated all the elected and nominated MCAs who have been sworn-in to serve the public in the second Assembly of Kisumu County.

He has promised to work closely with the executive wing of the county Government of Kisumu to ensure that service delivery reaches the public.

He urges the MCAs to fully support the current Governor Prof. Nyong’os manifesto.

Oloo says he will help in implementing the ODM party manifesto, adding that this is the party with the highest number of MCAs at the County Assembly of Kisumu.

“My role will be to moderate the debates at the Assembly as well as performing other functions as prescribed by law,” he says.

Oloo has also congratulated the immediate former Speaker Ann Adul for steering the first County Assembly of Kisumu.

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