COCA-COLA PATNERS WITH KISUMU WOMEN REP NYAMUNGA TO GIVE KISUMU NEW FACE

BY OMARI AKELLO

SOFT-DRINK manufacturer Coca-Cola has partnered with the office of Kisumu Women Representative in a campaign aimed at uplifting the face of Kisumu City.

The campaign according to the duo partners will involve putting up of street lights, building paintings and general clean up of the City.

Speaking to the press at the Company’s new plant offices, general sales and marketing manager Mr. Paul Odongo said the process has been scheduled to officially kick-off on Monday.

‘’On Monday our office together with that of the area women representative will be at the bus stage and jubilee market to start our campaign that will see Kisumu City and other towns within the county assume new faces’’, said Odongo.

He made the revelation when together with other top ranking staff of the global leading soft drink manufacture received the new Kisumu regional police coordinator, Mr. John Mwinzi who had paid a courtesy call at the company. 

The area police boss lauded the move by Women representative Rose Nyamunga and Coca-cola noting that putting up more street lights across the county would help in curbing insecurity as most criminals were hitting their targets at night.

KISUMU WOMEN REP NYAMUNGA DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR BRIGHT NEEDY GIRL

 BY JARED OPIYO 
A bright but needy pupil in Kisumu who scored 402 marks in her KCPE may miss her form one for lack of school fees.
Joan Princess Akinyi went to MM Shah primary school in Kisumu town and her parents are appealing to the government and other well-wishers to chip in and help their daughter realise her dreams by joining secondary school.

Akinyi who received her calling letter from the prestigious Mary Hill School in Thika said she was dejected to learn from her parents how narrow were her possibilities of proceeding with education due to financial constraints.

The girl laments that her hopes of becoming a neurosurgeon may have been washed away by what she considered bad news from her mother. She lives with her mother, Emily Anyango, in the sprawling Shauri Moyo estate in Kisumu with three other siblings while her jobless father lives at their rural home in Kisumu Karateng.

“I do not want to even imagine missing this opportunity. What I know is that I am not joining any school apart from Mary Hill where I have been called,” she said.

Apart from science which she scored B+, Akinyi scooped straight As in English, Kiswahili, Mathematics and social Studious and Religious Education.

According to her mother, the family is in need of over Sh 100, 000 to help their daughter join the school adding that what was being offered by the CDF as a bursary could not help them as it was too little.

However, the office of Kisumu County Women Representative has made a commitment to offer necessary support to the girl and other bright needy pupils.

In a telephone interview with this writer, Kisumu Women Representative Rose Nyamunga challenged other leaders from the region to join hands and ensure that bright needy students access quality education.

Nyamunga who promised unspecified support to the girl added that her office was open and ready to respond quickly to issues touching on education.

NDIAN CAR IMPORTER CLAIMS VEHICLES IMPORTED UNDER HIS NAME MY BE USED BY TERRORISTS.

BY OUR REPORTER

KISUMU based Asian tycoon dealing in motor vehicle importation wants anti-terrorist police to monitor over 200 vehicles which were illegally imported in the country by his rivals using his company’s forged documents.

The proprietor of Al-Hyder trading company Mr. Shoktar Ali has expressed fears that the said vehicles might be in the hands of dangerous criminals given the manner in which they were sneaked into the country.  

Speaking to journalists in his office, Ali said the shocking racket backfired after Kenya Revenue Authority demanded over 100 millions from his company as importation tax.

‘’I was shocked to be informed by the tax body that my company owes them sh. 150 million for the more than 200 vehicles and upon investigations it dawned on me that some of my friends turned business rivals forged my documents to ship in the vehicles’’, moaned Mr. Ali.

He added that the matter is already reported at Kisumu Central Police Station and requested police to move fast in investigating movements and operations of those owning the vehicles.

‘’My main fear is that the vehicles may be used in criminal activities and I want it be known that should anything transpire I am to remain out of the picture,’’ he said.

Some of the vehicles as indicated in a list he shared with the press are Toyota Hiace CHS LHI 172-0026504, Nissan Caravan CHS VRGE24-656994, and Toyota Hiace CHS LH172-0026620 among others.

Mr. Ali has however weathered a long battle with another Indian who he said was part of the gang that forged his company’s documents in the deal.

In a bid to get his comments, journalists were informed that the said youthful Indian had travelled to his home country where he was set to have a wedding and this is despite the fact that he was married to a Nandi lady back in Kisumu.

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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN KISUMU TO FORM ECONOMIC UMBRELLA

BY OMARI AKELLO

People living with disabilities in Kisumu County now have a reason to smile following an announcement by the area Women representative that her office is currently registering the group with an aim of empowering them economically.

Kisumu County Women Representative Rose Nyamunga said her office was looking at proper leadership of the marginalized group.

“My office is simply responding to demands from the disabled group in the county calling for proper structure that will see them develop economically,” said Nyamunga.

She revealed that Kisumu County has an average of 1050 disabled people and a registration to get their exact number has already kicked-off.

Nyamunga added that immediately after the registration, her office will help the group form their own SACCO.

While speaking to a group of disabled persons at Kosawo in Kisumu, she said that the umbrella group will help identify different talents and abilities of its members.

The women representative noted that the process will create ease for the group in accessing credit funds adding she will soon organize a fund raising for the disabled people in the County.

“I understand that the disabled are in other groups but the idea here is that they have their own umbrella,” added Nyamunga.