The Citizen Voice

President of Kisumu Boys High School Alumni Foundation James Aggrey Mwamu at his office in Kisumu today.The Alumni have condemned the demolition of the school's wall fence last night-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo August 25, 2021   Alumni Condemns demolition of the Kisumu school’s wall, threaten to move to court The Former Students of Kisumu Boys High School have strongly condemned a move by the City Management of Kisumu to demolish part of the school’ wall fence in a bid to remove some traders along Kisumu-Kakamega Road. The Alumni of the school now known as Kisumu School have termed the action as barbaric, uncouth and retrogressive in nature hence deserves condemned in the strongest terms possible. Addressing the press at his office in Kisumu, President of the Kisumu Boys High school Alumni Foundation James Aggrey Mwamu says the incident that took place nearly mid night is a very unfortunate one. He says the incident caught many students unaware includi...

Harmmon Otieno, business in Kisumu explains a point to the Director of Kisumu Action for Disability Development Network near the place he has doing business where his container was demolished last night.He has appealed to the County Government of Kisumu to get back the container to the place because he was placed there as a special case-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo Physically challenged person in Kisumu appeals to get back his Business container A middle aged man in Kisumu who is a person with disability has appealed to the County Government of Kisumu to have back his container to a place he has been doing business since early 90s. Harmmon Otieno says his container that was funded by the National Council for Persons with Disabilities {NCPD} was last evening demolished near Equity Bank along Oginga Odinga Street by Kisumu City Inspectorate Askaris. Speaking to the press today at his place of work near Alpha House and Equity Bank, Otieno claims that a senior offi...

Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu at his office.He has called for Mass Voter Registration in the Six Counties of Nyanza-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo   By Dickson Odhiambo August 16, 2021 Call for mass voter registration in Nyanza ahead of next year's polls  THE Residents of the six counties in Nyanza region have been urged to register in large numbers as voters ahead of next year’s General Elections Former President of the East African Law Society Lawyer James Agrees Mwamu says he fully supports Orange Democratic Movement {ODM Party leader Raila Odinga’s recent call on the residents of the Nyanza region as well in other parts of the country to register in large numbers as voters in readiness for the next year’s General election slated for August 9, 2021 in accordance to the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Addressing the press at his office after attending a Church Service at Jesus Celebration Center within Mowlem area in Kisumu East Constituency yesterday, Mwamu said with the ...

A yellow Police Crime Scene tape. Six Form Three Students arrested with a bhang in Kisumu Yesterday-Photo Courtesy  By Dickson Odhiambo August 10, 2021 Six Form Three students arrested with rolls of bhang Police in Kisumu have arrested Six Secondary schools students with rolls of bhang in a rented house. Kisumu Police Commander Samuel Anampiu says the police operation carried out yesterday evening within Korando B Sub-location on illicit brews and drugs ended up netting the six students of Tiengre Mixed Secondary school who were found in a rental house within the area. He says the operation was carried out by the Police Officers from Kogony Police post jointly with the Assistant Chief of Korando B Sub-location within Otonglo area in Kisumu West Sub-county. The County Police Boss says the six were arrested with three and half rolls of bhang which was under the table within the house. Anampiu says the six students aged between 17 and 19 years old, adding they will be ar...

President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation James Mwamu explains a point to Community Health Volunteers at Gita Dispensary in Kisumu East constituency where he said they deserve recognition with better stipend-Photo By Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation By Dickson Odhiambo   August 8, 2021   Community Nurses in Kisumu deserves recognition with better stipend   The Work being done by the Community Health Volunteers popularly known as Community nurses within Kisumu County should be recognized by being given better stipend to cushion them for their good work within the community they serve.   President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation James Aggrey Mwamu says the Community Health Volunteers does a lot of work on health issues within the local community hence deserve an increase in their monthly stipend.   He says the community nurses needs about shs 5,000 up from the current sh 2,000 as their monthly stipend.   ...

A copy of a letter said to have been written by the City Management of Kisumu directing a construction company to fence off a plot that Kanu Kisumu Branch claim its ownership-Photo Courtesy  By The Citizen Voice Reporter      August 5, 2021   KANU Party official tells City Management not to fence off their plot   A KANU Party official in Kisumu has told the City Management of Kisumu not to fence off their plot where it demolished property several months ago.   Kisumu Branch KANU Secretary Milton Obote Kwach says the plot next to Ambala Complex belongs to Kanu Kisumu Branch hence should never be fenced off by the City Management of Kisumu.   He says the orders given to a construction Company known as Chaju Contractors via a letter dated March 24, 2021 to fence off the plot at Kanu Grounds near Kisumu Main Bus terminus is not in order at all.   “There is a letter where the Acting City Manager directed the chaju contracto...

Executive Director of the Kenya Female Advisory Organization{KEFEADO} Easter Oketch during a media Training on reporting on Waste Management in Kisumu. She urges for the Amendment of the Kisumu Waste Management Act, 2020 to provide punitive measures to offenders on Waste management-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo August 5, 2021 Call to amend Act to provide punitive measures on Waste Management There is need to make amendment to the Kisumu Waste Management Act of the year 2020 to provide stringent measures to offenders on issues of managing waste within Kisumu County. Executive Director of the Kenya Female Advisory Organization {KEFEADO} Easter Oketch says part of the Act that provides that an individual pays a fine of not exceeding shs 2,000 and shs 50,000 for entities as penalty is not enough hence needs to be reviewed through amendment. Speaking during a Complex Urban Systems for Sustainable Health {CUSSH} Media Training workshop in Kisumu, Oketch said the Cou...

Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong'o charts with an official from the Ministry of Health during the launch of a pilot project that will see the digitization of information on community health services across the country-Photo Courtesy  By Dickson Odhiambo August 2, 2021 Kisumu County picked to pilot key National Health Transformation project Kisumu County has again been picked to pilot a key national health transformation project. This project will see the digitization of information on community health services across the country.   The Ministry of Health has settled on Kisumu to test the ambitious Electronic Community health Information System (eCHIS) which will cost Sh 5.2 billion once completed across the country.   The project expected to revolutionize the delivery of health care deep in rural parts of the country. After the pilot phase, it will be rolled out across the 47 Counties and will see Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) supplied with electronic ...

  A man wearing a reflector Jacket with Portrait of Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong'o with writings Diaspora Kenyans{Canada}-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo   August 2, 2021   Kenyans in Diaspora endorse Governor Nyong’o re-election bid come next year   A section of Kenyans living in diaspora who have roots in Kisumu have endorsed Kisumu Governor’s re-election bid come next year’s General election.   The members of the diaspora living in Canada and United States say Kisumu Governor Prof Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o has done a lot since his election in 2017 as the Second Governor of Kisumu County hence need a second term.   Through Reverend Okoth Otura, the self-proclaim North America Coordinator for the Kenyans in diaspora, they says Governor Nyong’o has helped in transforming the Lake side City of Kisumu which has become a tourism attraction destination among other development which have been witnessed during his tenure as the second Governor o...

  President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation James Aggrey Mwamu celebrates with Community Health Volunteers from Mahenya area in Kisumu East Constituency after the Foundation donated Covid-19 kits to more than 50 CHVs in the area-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo   August 2, 2021   County Govt Ksm told to post medics to Angola Health Facility in Ksm East The county Government of Kisumu has been told to immediately post a doctor and a nurse to the newly built health facility using donor funding in Kolwa East in Kisumu East Constituency.   The residents of the greater Kolwa now wants the Country Government of Kisumu under Prof Anyang Nyong’o to post the officers as soon as possible to Angola Health Center that has been constructed by a donor and handed over to the community.   President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation James Aggrey Mwamu says it is prudent for the health facility to be functional and it is high time ...