The Citizen Voice

 Joel Omino Secondary School Principal Richard Nyayal{L} pose for a group photo with Israeli Citizens and other guests who visited the school today so as to see the progress of ESD project.The Israeli Government has given the school a green House kit so as to help in enhancing the ESD project which the school is its pioneer in Kenya-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo.    February 22, 2018. Joel Omino School gets Green House from Israeli for its ESD Project. A SCHOOL in Kisumu County has been given a green house to help in enhancing the issues of the Education for Sustainable Development {ESD} which it pioneered. Joel Omino Secondary school in Kisumu Central Sub-County has received the Green House kit worth shs 360,000 from the Israeli Government so as to help in continuing with the Education for Sustainable Development Project that was launched in the school in july 2013. Speaking to press at the school during the of...

By Dickson Odhiambo. February 21, 2018. 2000 youth and women targeted in KBL Vocational Training Countrywide. THE Kenya Breweries Limited is targeting 2000 women and youth in its ambitious vocational training session countrywide. The training is part of the project Heshima that aims at providing vocational training to women and youth who are at risk of falling prey to illicit brew consumption and production. Speaking during the official launch of the program in Kisumu on Tuesday this week, Head of Sustainability at Kenya Breweries Jean Kiarie-Ngumo said the project will be rolled out in ten counties of Nairobi, Kwale, Kiambu, Muranga, Nakuru, Makueni, Homa Bay, Migori and Kisumu. Ngumo says KBL target these counties because they are highly susceptible to illegal, informal and illicit trade in alcohol. “Our objective is to equipe the youth with practical skills that will enable them to earn a decent living through productive and dignified work,” Ngumo sa...

By Dickson Odhiambo February 20, 2018. Governor Awiti to Appeal High Court decision’s nullifying his re-election. HOMA Bay County Governor Cyprian Awiti whose re-election in August 2017 has been today been nullified by the High Court in Homa Bay has vowed to appeal against the Judgment. Awiti says he is not happy with the judgment of the High Court in Homa Bay which has declared his re-election null and void but will respect the Court’s decision which he will now make appeal at the Court of Appeal in Kisumu. Addressing the press in Kisumu today in the presence of his three Lawyers Prof. Tom Ojienda, Antony Oluoch and Emmanuel Owiti, Awiti said already his legal team has filed a notice to appeal against the High Court’s decision. Prof. Tom Ojienda, Governor Awiti’s lead Lawyer in the case says the High Court’s decision is not justifiable hence his client has opted to appeal against it thereby has filed a notice to appeal. “My client is not satisfied with...

By Dickson Odhiambo. February 16,208. Rowdy crowd chases away Senator Outa from Governor Nyongo's function. KISUMU County Senator Fred Outa has been literally chased away from a function of Governor Peter Anyang Nyong'o where the Governor was being welcomed after staying abroad for treatment nearly two months. Trouble started when Kisumu County Women Representative invited the Senator to speak to the residents of Kisumu county who turned up in large number so as to give heroic welcome to Kisumu Governor Nyong'o who has been outside the country where he was in treatment in the United States for nearly two months. A section of the rowdy crowd who have not been happy with the recent criticism by Senator Outa had mounted in the absence of the Governor could not allow him to address the crowd. They heckled and booed him as they told him to sit down since they were not ready to listen to him. They chanted slogans like 'Outa must go and forced hi...

The New Nyanza Regional Commissioner Moffat Kangi{R} posses for a group photo with his predecessor Wilson Njega{on his right hand} when Njega officially handed over to him yesterday in Kisumu-Photo By Dancun Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo February 15, 2018. Kangi officially takes over as the New Nyanza Regional Commissioner. THE New Nyanza Regional Commissioner has officially taken over his new office in Kisumu. Moffat Kangi yesterday met the outgoing Nyanza Regional Commissioner Wilson Njega at the regional Head quarters in Kisumu where he officially took over as the new Regional Commissioner after Njega handed over to him. Wilson Njega who has served as the Nyanza Regional Commissioner for nearly two years after taking over from Francis Mutie now moves to Central Region in the same capacity. Njega while handing over to Kangi said the region will now be under his successor as the new Regional Commissioner. Njega says he has been having a very cordial wor...

           West Nyakach MCA George Ogutu address his supporters after a Court in Nyando Constituency uphold his election as the MCA-Photo By Dancun Odhiambo.    By Dickson Odhiambo February 14,2017. Court upholds election of West Nyakach Ward MCA.     A COURT in Nyando Sub-County  has dismissed a petition challenging the election of West Nyakach MCA George Ogutu. Nyando Principal Magistrate Patrick Olengo said the petitioner James Omollo who is a former MCA of the area did not present enough evidence to prove his case against the Current MCA. The court has found out that most of the allegations like the voter bribery,conflict of interest,intimidation of Voters among other accusations could not be proved by the petitioner hence dismissing the case. The Court said that MCA Ogutu was validly elected during the August 8,2017 Polls. The Court has Ordered the Petitioner James Ochieng ...

 This is the wreckage of the vehicle that belongs to Journalist Dickens Wasonga after it involved in a road accident on February 7,2015.He has now sued a milling Company which its vehicle caused the accident.He seeks compensation over the road accident which left him seriously injured-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo. February 11, 2018. Journalist sues Milling Company over road accident. A KISUMU based Journalist has sued a milling company demanding compensation over a road accident that was caused by the vehicle that belongs to the company three years ago. Dickens Wasonga who works with African Press International {API} has sued the United Millers Company limited at Kisumu court seeking compensation over a road accident that was caused by one of the company’s vehicles that rammed into his vehicle and he suffered serious injuries. After the accident, the scribe’s car was written off and the matter was moved to court where the dr...