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How managing waste in Kisumu has become a reprieve to idle youth of Obunga area

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Phanice Awuor, a youth who is Diploma Holder in Business Management explains a point of waste management which she does within Obunga area together with some fellow youth who are earning income from collecting and disposing the waste.The initiative has helped in reducing the idleness among the youth in the area-Photos and Story By Dickson Odhiambo By Dickson Odhiambo November 6, 2020 How managing waste in Kisumu has become a reprieve to idle youth of Obunga area A VISIT to Obunga area which is an infamous informal settlement within Kisumu City ushers one to a territory that many people would not believe what it is today as compared to in more than ten years ago. The area which was for a long time been known for serious insecurity issues as well as very poor sanitation coupled with no waste management at all seems now to be a darling of many would be visitors in Kisumu. Now the area which is well lit with great street lights as well as good road networks in some parts are no...

Rice Production areas set to expand in Kisumu as Ahero town unveiled

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Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o joins dancers in a jig during the unveiling of Ahero Town. Rice Production areas in Kisumu County is set to be expanded by the National Irrigation Authority with the unveiling of Ahero Town-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo   By Dickson Odhiambo November 3, 2020 Rice Production areas set to expand in Kisumu as Ahero town unveiled THE National Irrigation Authority plans to expand the rice production within Kisumu County as Ahero Town is unveiled. The National Irrigation Authority Chairman Engineer Joshua Toro says the Authority has settled on expanding the rice production areas within Kisumu. Addressing the residents of Ahero town at Multi-purpose Compound during the ceremony to unveil Ahero town by Kisumu Governor Prof Peter Anyang Nyong’o, the National Irrigation Authority Chairman said it had committed over shs 550 million within the last three years to expand the area under irrigation from an initial 8,000 acres to 13,000 acres in ...

Lawyer welcomes proposal in BBI to restructure the executive

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Former President of the East African Law Society James Aggrey Mwamu address Pupils of Okok Primary School in Kisumu County Last Friday after leading a Foundation in donating Covid-19 kits to schools. He has commended the proposal in BBI on expanding the Executive terming it a good one   By Dickson Odhiambo November 1, 2020 Lawyer welcomes proposal in BBI to restructure the executive The proposal in the Building Bridges Initiative report to restructure the executive wing of the National Government is a good one, a Lawyer has said. Former President of East African Law Society Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu says the proposal is a good one because it will accommodate more from different communities in Kenya. Speaking in Kisumu after donation of Covid-19 kits to schools in Kisumu East Sub-County through Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation, Mwamu says the current Executive can only accommodate two communities. Mwamu say Kenya is one of the African countries where a community ...