Kisumu North Ward residents resolve to vote a female aspirant as their MCA

 

Aspiring MCA in Kisumu North Ward Caroline Owen address the media in Kisumu where she declared her interest for the seat in the August 9 Polls-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

By Dickson Odhiambo

April 12, 2022

Kisumu North Ward residents resolve to vote a female aspirant as their MCA

The residents of Kisumu North Ward in Kisumu County have resolved to vote for an aspiring female Member of the County Assembly to represent them after the August 9 polls.

The residents have in unison resolved to vote Caroline Owen popularly known as Mama Power as their next Member of the County Assembly to represent, Legislate and do the oversight role on their behalf.

Addressing the media while having a meet-the people tour at Dago Kokore area within the ward, the residents say that Owen has what it takes to be their next Member of the County Assembly of Kisumu.

They say owing to her past development records as a councilor and one of the pioneer Members of the County Assembly of Kisumu, Owen will steer the various development projects within the area should she be elected as the MCA.

Monica Anyango Oyoo, a resident of the area says during her tenure as their pioneer Member of the County Assembly from 2013 to 2017, Owen managed to initiate a number of development projects within the wards that were implemented by the then County Government of Kisumu.

She says one of the major project Owen initiated include Dago Kokore Level three Hospital, Geta Level two hospital, Gee Water project, Kiboswa Market Floodlight among others.

Anyango says their former Member of County Assembly of Kisumu also embarked to empowering both boys and girls through education from form one to form four thereafter assisted others who qualified for university education to further their studies.

“Owen has been a great mobilizer and she has really help even in empowering widows and widowers within this ward by initiating some small income generating activities for the. These are some of the reasons why we want to elect her as our Member of the county assembly of Kisumu because she has done a lot and can still do a lot for the people,” she says.

Millicent Nyaoke says Owen’s legacy still lives on as a number of the projects she helped initiated and development are still there.

She says Owen helped in the proper construction of the road networks within the area as well as ensuring that some Early Childhood Development Centers Classrooms were built during her tenure.

Athman Hamisi says they have resolved to vote her back due to her past development track records, adding that she will continue to steer more development within the ward through the County Government of Kisumu.

Nicanor Odongo Bodo says the former MCA managed to initiate an access road at Akingli area within the ward, adding they will rally behind her to get elected as their next MCA.

On her part, Owen says he manifesto is anchored on maintaining open door policy and public participation approach to ward socio- and Political development.

She says she will introduce policies that supports social and economic development, adding that she will re-introduce he private member Bill known as the Kisumu Devolved Units Bill 2017 and the Village Development Bill which will ensure that the Spirit of Devolution as enshrined in Chapter Eleven of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is fully realized at the village level and the communities are fully empowered.

Owen intends to fully liaise with the County Government of Kisumu to ensure that there is proper road maintenance and upgrade is done to the bitumen standards for major roads.

Caroline Owen served as an Elected councilor at the now defunct Kisumu Municipal Council between 2007 and 2012 and when devolution was ushered in after March 2013 General Election, she was elected as the Member of the County Assembly of Kisumu to represent the Kisumu North Ward where she served up to 2017.

Elisha Jack Oraro, the current Speaker of the County Assembly of Kisumu was elected during the 2017 polls on ODM Party Ticket as the area MCA but took over the reign as the Speaker after the MCAs impeached the then Speaker Onyango Oloo who moved to court and his impeachment was upheld in 2019.

This occasioned a By-election in Kisumu North ward in 2020 and the current area Member of County Assembly of Kisumu Samuel Adede was elected on ODM Party ticket.

Kisumu North ward is one of the 35 wards within Kisumu County. It is found in Kisumu West Sub-county.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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