BY OMARI AKELLO
WOMEN from Nyanza province have been challenged to balance
politics and development with the region’s poor development blamed on the
former.
Speaking at Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu today, Kisumu
County Women Rep Rose Nyamunga noted that continued politics have led to a staggering
poverty in the region.
Nyamunga while addressing over 400 business women drawn from
across the County, she called on the women to take advantage of the new
constitution and embark of competitive scramble for County tenders with their
male counterparts.
During the occasion, the business women under the Umbrella,
Kisumu County Women Business Association signed a mega partnership with Chase
Bank with an aim of boosting development in the region.
While accompanied by Kisumu deputy governor Ruth Odinga,
Nyamunga noted that only a handful of women featured in the recently concluded
tender qualification, a move that forced the county government to call for an
extension of the process.
She revealed that the partnership will also see a formation
of SACCOs in each and every ward where members will work in clusters depending
with their respective interests ranging from transportation, farming among
others.
‘My office is committed to making a difference
in the lives of Women, youth and people with disabilities through various
projects such as capacity building, table banking, poultry keeping, Dairy cows,
goat keeping, provision of clean drinking water, Agribusiness and environmental
conservation through tree nurseries for trees and fruits’’, added Nyamunga.
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