Onjiko/Awasi ward residents to get a public hospital, says MCA.
Onjiko/Awasi ward rep Otieno Ngeta addressing mourners at Kowuor Village in Kakmie Sub-Location within Nyando Sub-County yesterday.He has hinted establishing a hospital within the Ward for residents to access health services easily-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo
By Dickson Odhiambo
December 31, 2018.
Onjiko/Awasi ward
residents to get a public hospital, says MCA.
THE RESIDENTS of Onjiko/Awasi Ward within Kisumu County will
have an established Public Health facility within the ward, Area Member of the
County Assembly has said.
Onjiko/Awasi ward Representative Otieno Ngeta says the
Public health facility will be funded by the County Government of Kisumu through
the Ward Development Fund beginning next year of 2019.
Addressing the Mourners during the funeral service of Mama
Prisca Ayieko at Kowuor Village of Kakmie Sub-location within the ward, Ngeta
said there will be first a process of public participation where views of the
residents within the ward will be sought before the project is implemented.
Ngeta says what has prompted the idea of establishing a
public health facility within the ward is farthest the residents currently are
with a public health facility which is in Ahero ward several kilometers as they
seek health services.
The Member of the County Assembly says by establishing the
health facility, it will make the residents to easily access the health
services which is now a devolved function to the county Government.
“When your opinion will be needed as the residents of this
ward on the issue of establishing a public health facility, please come out in
large numbers so that you present your views during the public participation
process which must be there before the commencement of such a project,” Ngeta
says.
He says the hospital should be established in a central
place within the ward where all the residents from various sub-locations can
access it easily, adding that the residents will agree on a central place to do
such a project.
The MCA says plans are also underway to upgrade the roads
within the Kakmie Sub-location and other sub-locations within the ward, adding
that already upgrading of some roads within the ward is ongoing so as to ensure
that there is easy accessibility.
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