Kisumu Governor sends workers home for voter mobilization exercise


Kisumu Governor Pro Anyang Nyong'o who has sent the County Employees on a two week off duty to go and mobilize their families and friends to register as voters-Photo Courtesy 

By Dickson Odhiambo

 

January 24, 2022

 

Kisumu Governor sends workers home for voter mobilization exercise

 

Kisumu Governor Prof Peter Anyang' Nyong’o has given all the County workers two weeks off duty to enable  them mobilize their families and friends to register as voters during this second ongoing Mass voter registration.

 

Speaking when today in Kisumu when he met all the County employees, Prof Nyong'o asked each of the workers to retreat to their respective wards and villages to spearhead the voter listing campaign exercise that begun last Monday on January 17, 2022.

 

Nyong’o says this is a civic duty for all Kenyans to register as voters to enable them exercise their democratic rights during the forthcoming August General Elections hence the need for all the residents of Kisumu County who have attained the age of 18 years and above register as voter and participate in the coming polls.

 

The Governor says he has made the decision after learning that very few people were turning up to register as voters in the county.

 

"The numbers are disappointing. Our people must come out and register as voters," Prof Nyong'o says.

 

He was accompanied by his Deputy Dr Matthew Owili and County Assembly Speaker, Elisha Oraro.

 

Governor Nyong’o’s move comes barely a few days after ODM Leader Raila Odinga threatened while addressing the residents of Homa Bay County last Friday to withdraw his intention to vie for the Presidency the fifth time if the residents of Nyanza region cannot turn up in large numbers to register as voters in preparations for the polls slated in August.

 

Raila lamented that there is slow pace in voter registration exercise in Nyanza region as compared to other regions in the country in the ongoing second mass voter registration exercise countrywide.

 

 

 

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