The Citizen Voice

  A bulldozer pulls down some containers erected near Telkom Plaza in Kisumu today. A number of traders have counted loses following the demolition of the property-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo  By Dickson Odhiambo March 31, 2021 Kisumu Traders count loses as “illegal” containers removed A section of traders in Kisumu are counting loses after the County Government of Kisumu through the City Management has removed the containers following cries from members of the public over who mounted what they have termed as illegal containers. Tension remained high for the better part of the day within the Central Business District as some traders protested the bringing of more Containers at the Back street around Akamba area next to Kenya Railways houses last night in an area where their business premises were demolished last year and they were sent away. The traders milled around the containers until around 11:00 am while protesting after which Acting Kisumu City Manager Abala Wa...

Teachers and Students from Odienya Secondary school in Kabonyo/Kanyagwal in Kisumu County receive hand washing tanks, sanitizers and face masks from President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo March 27, 2021 Call to assist schools that water back flow flooded in Kisumu THERE has been a call to help in the reconstruction of a number of schools within Kabonyo/Kanyagwal ward in Kisumu County that the back flow of water from Lake Victoria damaged. President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation says there is need for various stakeholders to assist in helping schools namely Odienya Primary and Secondary school, Oseth and Nyamrundu primary schools within the said ward so that learning can resume for them to be reconstructed. Addressing the press when the foundation donated hand washing tanks, Sanitizers and Face masks to the four schools, the Foundation’s President James Aggrey Mwamu said the four schools were really damaged through ...

Hon Prisca Auma Misachi, then Kisumu Mayor{R} looks on as then Illinois Senator Barack Obama{Former President of United States} signs visitors book when he visited Kenya in 2006 August.Looking on also is former Prime Minister Raila Odinga{L} and Former Kisumu Town West MP Rev Ken Nyagudi{R}-Photo By James Keyi. By Dickson Odhiambo March 26, 2021 Meet Hon Misachi, the Politician in Kisumu who has stayed in politics for 40 years due to perseverance and resilience Kisumu City has been an epicenter for politics in the entire Nyanza region in Kenya for a very long time. In this Lake side City where politics has been a male dominated affair since time immemorial, one politician, Honorable Prisca Auma Misachi has stood out steadily for nearly 40 years since 1983 when she joined politics. Born 72 years ago within Uyoma area in Siaya County, Misachi grew up in Nairobi where she stayed with her family and also had a chance to stay with one of her relatives Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya ...

Some Kisumu County Enforcement officers caught on camera dragging a woman who is a hawker in Kisumu yesterday.Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong'o has ordered for suspension of twelve County Enforcement officers following the incident-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo March 25, 2021 Kisumu Governor orders for suspension 12 “rogue” Askaris who dragged a woman on tarmac road KISUMU Governor Prof Peter Anyang Nyong’o has ordered for an immediate suspension of about 12 County Enforcement officers who have been caught in a viral video dragging a woman behind a moving pick-up in one of the streets in Kisumu yesterday. Nyong’o in a statement to newsrooms has directed the Acting Kisumu City Manager Abala Wanga to immediately suspend the said officers from duty following the mishandling of a lady trader. The Kisumu Governor says he has been saddened by the incident and such should never happened to any resident of Kisumu again. “While away in Nairobi on official Council of Gov...