The Citizen Voice

KISUMU. By Dickson Odhiambo April 17, 2017. Ranguma urges religious leaders to Pray for peace ahead of polls. Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma has urged the religious leaders across the various churches and mosques to pray for peace and tranquility during electioneering period. Ranguma says the element of peace and tranquility is very much important hence the various religious leaders should consider putting the Kisumu County and the Country at large in prayers mood so as to ensure there is peace during this electioneering period. Speaking at Saint Johaness Legion Maria of African Church Mission in Kisumu East Constituency where he celebrated the Easter with the faithful, Ranguma says he is optimistic that with peaceful co-existence everything is very much possible with God. He says he is ready to work with all the religious leaders within the county for the betterment of the county. Ranguma at the same time has urged the residents of Kisumu ...

KISUMU. By Dickson Odhiambo April 17, 2017. Clergy call for disbandment of ODM County Elections Board in Kisumu. A SECTION of Clergy in Kisumu County have called for an immediate disbandment of the elections Board that will carry out the Orange Democratic Movement {ODM} Party’s nominations within the County next Monday. The about 20 clergy under the banner of the Kisumu County religious Leaders’ Forum say that they are gravely concerned that the forthcoming ODM party primaries have raised concerns amongst some candidates and members of the public who have raised several complaints especially with the composition of the board to conduct the nomination exercise in Kisumu County. Speaking at Jumuiya Hotel in Kisumu on Monday, the Clergy led by Arch Bishops Winnie Owiti, Dr. Ogonyo Ngede and Salim Mohamed from the Muslim Community, the clergy say they have received a complain from some candidates and members of the public that the party has con...

Kisumu. By Dickson Odhiambo. April 17, 2017. President Kenyatta set to visit Kisumu for a state Gala on Drama Festival. PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta is set to visit the Lake Side City of Kisumu on Tuesday for a State Galla for the Kenya National Drama Festival. State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu says the Head of state visiting Kisumu with an aim of presiding over the state galla for the Kenya National Drama and Music Festival. The Kenya National Drama and Music Festival has been held in Kisumu city for the last two weeks where primary, secondary and tiertiary institutions have been performing. Speaking at Kisumu state Lodge on Monday, Esipisu said the visit by the Head of State is not political but an official one. “The President is visiting Kisumu tomorrow on Tuesday and this visit is an official one and not a political one,” he says. He says the President will also be holding some meetings with various stakeholders when he visits the regi...

By Dickson Odhiambo.        April 13, 2017. Police will remain neutral during electioneering period. POLICE within Nyanza region will remain neutral during the entire electioneering period, the Regional Police Coordinator Willy Lugusa has said. Lugusa says all the police officers serving within the region are expected to observe impartiality before,during and after the polls, adding that police will show their neutrality during the electioneering period. Speaking during a forum organized under the theme of Kenya Election Violence Prevention and Response{KEVP} on Thursday in Kisumu for the youth, the regional Police boss said one of the duties of the police officers is to maintain law and order and can only do this if they are neutral during this electioneering period. He says there is need by the youth to maintain peace during this period when the country is facing General Elections slated for August this year. Lugusa says they are wo...

April 12, 2017. By Dickson Odhiambo. Nyanza ODM Aspirants Caucus dismiss Pro Mudavadi demo in Kakamega. VARIOUS aspirants on Orange Democratic Movement {ODM} party ticket in Nyanza region have dismissed the recently held demonstration in Kakamega County wanting Amani party Leader Musalia Mudavadi to be picked as the National Super Alliance {NASA} flag bearer. Under the banner of Nyanza Aspirants Caucus, the aspirants claim that the pro-Mudavadi peaceful demonstration has been allegedly sponsored by the Jubilee Party and the Government. Addressing the press at Kisumu Hotel today, the caucus led by it chair Jared Okello claims that the Jubilee Party is doing all it can to ensure that NASA disintegrate by all means. Okello who is also one of the Nyando Parliamentary aspiring MPs on ODM Party ticket says the twelve-member committee task with the issue of coming up with the NASA Presidential flag bearer should be left to complete its work and give its supporters...

By Dickson Odhiambo. April 11, 2017. Ranguma appeals for peaceful campaigns ahead of Nominations. Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma has appealed for peaceful campaigns before, during and after ODM Party Nominations slated for Kisumu County this April 24. Ranguma says peaceful campaigns are very vital for all the residents of the county as well as to the investors who want to undertake some investments within the county. He says he is optimistic that the ODM party National Elections Board will iron out some of the issues that have been raised by various candidates in regard to the forthcoming nomination process. Already a number of aspirants for the various seats have raised issues such as that of merging bigger polling stations with smaller ones during the nomination exercise as well as accusing the National Elections Board of appointing cronies of some aspiring leaders to man the party’s primaries in Kisumu County. Ranguma says he strongly believes that the ...

By Dickson Odhiambo April 11, 2017. Public Participation on the Proposed Children's Bill underway. VARIOUS Stakeholders have started to participate and giving their views on the proposed Children Bill. The Deputy Director Heading the National Council for Children services JosphineOguye says they are currently   gathering the public opinion on the proposed bill that seeks to amend the Children’s Act of 2001. Speaking at St. Ann’s Guest House in Kisumu on Tuesday, Oguye says Kisumu is one of the ten regions they are visiting for the purpose of seeking public views of the proposed bill. She says other regions include Lower and Upper Eastern, Coast, Nairobi, North Eastern,South Rift and Western Kenya Regions.  She says one of the major stakeholders is the children drawn from various backgrounds so as to give their views on the proposed amendment to the Children’s Act. Oguye says they are doing this so as to be able to have the current Childre...