The Citizen Voice

 A section of Contractors who are doing businesses with the County Government of Kisumu address the press today while urging the County Assembly to immediately pass the Supplementary Budget to allow them be paid their debts-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo       November 29, 2018. Kisumu Contractors urges county Assembly to pass supplementary Budget. ABOUT 180 contractors who have been doing various businesses with the county Government of Kisumu have urged the County Assembly to immediately pass a supplementary Budget that is now before it by next week on Tuesday. The contractors led by their chairman Bernard Onoka say it is only the County Assembly to do its work of passing the Supplementary Budget so as to enable them be paid by the County Government of Kisumu. They claim that the county Government of Kisumu owe them about 1.2billion as pending bills, adding they need to be paid the money to enable them do their businesses.

By Dickson Odhiambo. November 29, 2018. Suspect nabbed in connection to water theft in Kisumu. The inspection unit of Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company has apprehended a suspect for illegal water use.  The suspect, who also operates a registered water kiosk in Upper railways estate of Kisumu, had created a by-pass where he would get water illegally from KIWASCO’s main water line. According to KIWASCO Managing Director Thomas Odongo in a press statement, the suspect was discovered when firm’s officials were undertaking their routine inspection activities and he warned the officials not to excavate next to his path since there were power lines passing underground.  The Managing Director says, the officials then raised suspicion and embarked on a mission which led to discovery of the illegal water connection.  Odongo says company suspects that the stealing has been going on for over 2 years but they are yet to compile a report on the exact losses made.

 Members of Civil Societies from East Africa led by the Program Manager of Uganda Coalition for sustainable Development Richard Kimbowa addressing a press conference in Kisumu on presenting  their petition to the East African Community on climate change-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo. By Dickson Odhiambo   November 29, 2018.   East African Civil Societies petition EAC on climate change. A NUMBER of civil societies within East Africa have petitioned the East African Community on climate change. The civil societies include East African Sustainability watch, sustainability watch Kenya, Uganda Coalition for sustainable Development, Tatedo Center for Sustainable Energy services in Tanzania, Infosay East Africa, Devolution and Climate Change adaption in Western Kenya. Through the Program Manager for the Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development Richard Kimbowa, the Civil Societies say the petition has a background that the Intergovernmental Pan on Clima