Kisumo Elders urges for continued peaceful existence of communities within Maseno town

By -

Elders from Kisumo Community address the press in Kisumu today where they have lauded the recent move by the County Government of Kisumu to elevate Maseno trading center to Town-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

 

By Dickson Odhiambo

   September 17, 2020

Kisumo Elders urges for continued peaceful existence of communities within Maseno town

ELDERS from Kisumo Community have fully supported the County Government of Kisumu’s move to elevate Maseno trading center to a town status and have told inciters to leave the communities staying there to continue existing peacefully as they have been.

The elders under the Banner of Kisumo Community have lauded the recent move by Kisumu Governor Prof Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o to upgrade Maseno to town, adding that this has been a very good gesture.

Addressing the press in Kisumu today, the elders led by Kisumo Community Secretary Jotham Ajiki Ondu said those who have embarked on inciting the two communities residing within the area over the boundary dispute should never do such like a thing since the communities have been co-existing peacefully since time immemorial.

“When all is said and done, one wonders how a people can stay peacefully with their neighbours for over a century, only for inciters to suddenly wake up and sow seeds of discord,” they say.

The elders claim that in the year 2016, there was a meeting regarding the boundary dispute when a Mr. Kirui, the then Government Surveyor produced a Map Number 1 of 1922 which defined the boundaries of Maseno township, adding that there is a beacon on the equator and another one at the post office.

“Using a GPS, placed on post office beacon, the defined boundary covers a full 4,500 feet to the West up to Sunrise and when placed on the equator, it stretches 4,500 feet to the south up to Kenya Forestry Research Institute {Kefri}. These are fixed and permanent boundaries that cannot be changed even by petitioning in Parliament,” they add

There has been a boundary dispute among the two leading communities living within Maseno area while a community within Vihiga County claim the ownership of Maseno area while another one in Kisumu County have been claiming its ownership saying it is in Nyanza region.

ENDS:

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kisumu Governor: We have given loans to traders to cushion them against Covid-19 Pandemic

By -
Image
Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong'o during today's Fourth State of County Address at Tom Mboya Labour College-Photo Courtesy   By Dickson Odhiambo December 2, 2021 Kisumu Governor: We have given  loans to traders to cushion them against Covid-19 Pandemic Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong’o has said his Government gave advance loans to traders with a one-year grace repayment period to cushion them from the effects of the containment measures of the pandemic and reinvigorate the trading environment. Nyong’o says this followed the debilitating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that adversely affected the business environment across the country and the world in general. Speaking today in Kisumu during his Fourth State of the County Address at Tom Mboya Labour College, Nyong’o says this fund was able to impact vulnerable households enabling them to pick up their shattered livelihoods.   He says the results have been quiet impressive, adding that the revitalization of the
Read more

Ksm Journalists Network Chairman dies in a grisly Road accident

By -
Image
Kisumu Journalists Network Chairman Dickens Wasonga who has died in a road accident today in Kisumu-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo   January 26, 2024   Ksm Journalists Network Chairman dies in a grisly Road accident   Kisumu Journalists have been thrown into a state of mourning after their chairperson died in a grisly road accident that occurred in Kisumu this morning.   Dickens Wasonga, Chairman of the Kisumu Journalists Network passed on this morning following a road traffic accident that occurred this morning along Kisumu-Kakamega Highway near Mamboleo Junction.   Wasonga was elected the chairman of Kisumu Journalist Network on November 23, 2023 and took over from his Prediccessor Rushdie Oudia.   Until his untmely demise, Wasonga was working with the Star Newspaper where he was based in Kisumu.   Cabinet Secretary in charge of ICT and Digital Economy Eliud Owalo who was in Kisumu for a function had to cut it short and joined the Kisumu based Journalists in mourning one of their
Read more

New Team takes over Ksm Journalists Network’s Leadership

By -
Image
  Immediate Former Chairman Kisumu Journalists Network Rushdie Oudia{L} hands over the group's certificate to the new Chairman Dickens Wasonga-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo   November 26, 2023   New Team takes over Ksm Journalists Network’s Leadership     A NEW Team has officially taken over the leadership of Kisumu Journalists Network.   The  team dubbed as Team Fresh led by Veteran Journalist Dickens Wasonga as the Network’s New Chairman has managed to bag all the positions from chairperson to Organizing Secretary.   In a hotly contested polls held at Kisumu’s Public Service Club this November 25, Dickens Wasonga resoundingly defeated the immediate former chairman Rushdie Oudia after garnering 47 votes. Oudia managed to get 20 votes. Doreen Magak and Daniel Dembede were earlier elected unopposed as the Vice Chairperson and Deputy Secretary of the Kisumu Journalists Network respectively. Harold Odhiambo has been elected as the Secretary of the Network after defeati
Read more