CHURCH LEADERS, BUSINESS PEOPLE APPEALS TO RESIDENTS OF NYANZA TO WELCOME PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA.

By DICKSON ODHIAMBO.

  

CHURCH LEADERS, BUSINESS PEOPLE APPEALS TO RESIDENTS OF NYANZA TO WELCOME PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA.

MEMBERS of the Clergy in Nyanza Region have appealed to the residents within the region to warmly welcome President Uhuru Kenyatta during his official visit scheduled next week.

The Clergy under the Banner of Nyanza Council of Church Leaders said Residents of various Counties where President Kenyatta is set to visit should be ready to receive the Head of State and his entourage when visit them next week.

Speaking on behalf of the Nyanza church leaders at his office in Kisumu, the Council’s Chairman Bishop Dr. Washington Ogonyo Ngede said the Head of State will be visiting the Nyanza region purely on Development matters where he will be commissioning various development projects within the various counties he will be visiting.

The Chairman praised the residents of Nyanza region as peace loving people and further appealed to them to maintain peace and tranquility during and after the Head of State’s official visit in the region.

“The President as the Head of State and Government has a right to visit any part of the country anytime he feels like and whenever he does such visits, the residents should welcome him warmly.

Same sentiments were also echoed by the Vice Chair of the Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Kisumu County Getrude Owiny who said the residents should give a warm welcome to President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Owiny said the Business Community in Kisumu welcomes the Head of State’s next week visit in Kisumu County.

She urged President Uhuru’s Jubilee Government to help in the revival of the collapsed industries like Kisumu Cotton Mill{KICOMI} Miwani Sugar Factory among others so as to help in the creation of employment.

President Uhuru Kenyatta was set to visit three Counties in Nyanza namely Kisumu, Siaya and Homa Bay with an aim of commissioning development projects this week but the visit has been pushed to next week on Thursday. The Head of State was also expected to chair a cabinet meeting at Kisumu State Lodge this Thursday.

However, a section of leaders in Kisumu County have said they were given short notice hence needed more time to consult on which areas of the County should the Head of State visit during his tour of the region.

The President last Month visited Migori County where a section of the Youth who were attending his rally at Migori Primary school heckled the area Governor Okoth Obado in the presence of the President forcing the Head of State to cut short his speech.

The Migori County Governor Okoth Obado later ferried a delegation of over 300 people to apologize to President Uhuru in Nairobi where they indeed apologized to the Head of State who later pardoned those Youth who were earlier arrested in connection to the heckling.

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UPROAR AS STRIP CLUBS IN KISUMU RECRUIT SCHOOL GIRLS IN EXOTIC DANCE

BY JARED OPIYO

RESIDENTS of Kisumu have raised red flag over the increasing number of   stripping business in town as club owners shop for underage exotic dancers.

School going girls turned strippers drawn from secondary schools and colleges within Kisumu town including Maseno University have taken the lakeside town by storm after they opted for serious pole-dancing as an avenue of getting extra pocket money.

The famous signature club and it’s fierce rival Buccaneers both strategically located stone throw away from lake Victoria have been put on the spotlight after it emerged that they recruit underage girls who are out to do all manner of activities in exchange of money.

Both joints remain crowded every day as strippers give guys special attention though those privy to the strip dancing business would recommend Fridays and Saturdays  that have assumed the name Kamasutra nights.

A furious group of youth led by Kisumu TNA activist James Kirunda has threatened to storm regional governor’s office should the governor Jack Raguma fail to intervene and stop the trend with immediate effect.

‘It’s alarming that our young girls are turning into strippers with full blessings of the governors office and as concerned youth who are out to see sanity in Kisumu we are petitioning the governor to take quick action before we stage a serious demonstration’’, Kirunda posed.

The young strippers have equally received continuers warning from their older counterparts who have accused them of ‘spoiling the business’ given that most clients prefer the seriousness and vigour they apply while performing as opposed to their rival old guards who are weak on stage.

Signature Club took the earliest opportunity to conquer the stripping business in Kisumu before its success saw the entrance of its only rival Buccaneers in a business that was first introduced in Kenya by Apple beez, the ultimate Nairobi’s top strip club. 

Just like any other strip Club, twin Strip clubs in Kisumu are known for loud music and a customer has to shout to order drink apart from observing dressing code for male clients.

Recently this writer while on a fact finding mission was met with a rude shock when security guards at Buccaneers denied him entry for turning up in ‘akala’, traditional slippers.

KISUMU COUNTY WOMEN REPRESENTATIVE PROTESTS RAILA KWALE UGLY INCIDENT

BY SCOOPDESK CORRESPONDENT

KISUMU county Women representative Rose Nyamunga has come out gun blazing condemning an ugly incident in which ex-premier Raila Odinga was caned by an elderly man in Kwale for allegedly dancing with the man’s wife.

Nyamunga rubbished claims that the elderly man who attacked Raila and Kwale governor Salim Mvurya was a mad person.

The elderly man was stopped and whisked away by security guards but only after he managed to beat the two politicians.

Nyamunga ruled out already advanced excuses including a claim that the old man was a known mad person in the region and questioned why he only managed to settle on the two leaders in such a packed gathering.

The women leader has also differed with governor Mvurya on his attempts to downplay things by stating that it was within their culture for such crude actions to be meted on leaders during such occasions.

‘ Theirs is nothing like culture in this matter, many leaders including former heads of state visited the region and they were never treated to such embarrassing moments and again the former PM could have been informed in advance if it was true it’s a cherished culture within the community’’, Nyamunga pointed out.

She called on the government to consider beefing up CORD leader’s security saying it was wrong for the government to act negatively on matters to do with security.

The rally, which was attended by ODM officials, was interrupted by the incident but was hurriedly sorted out the man being guarded to ensure he does not spin out of control, again.

KISUMU CITY MANAGER SHED TEARS OVER DEATH THREATS AGAINST HER ELDERLY MOTHER

BY OMARI AKELLO

KISUMU City manager last week broke down into tears when she narrated how thugs threatened to kill her elderly mother following her harsh orders that saw millions of shillings lost during a night demolition of the controversial Oile market.

Addressing affected traders at County hall during a tension packed meeting Mrs. Dorice Ombara sensationally claimed there were threats to kill her 81 yr old mother who resides at the volatile Kondele Estate.

The meeting had been called to root out a standoff between two groups of traders after the group that had been earlier ejected from Oile market defied orders to move their activities to the congested Jubilee market.

Kisumu deputy governor Ruth Odinga who was the chair of the illegal meeting conducted despite the matter being in court however distanced herself from Mrs.Ombara's trouble and told her off that she overstepped her mandates when she ordered police officer to carry out demolition in the middle of night.

Mrs. Ombara who has remained at the center of controversy following the demolition of a market that hosted more than 400 traders, loudly wondered whether the position was offered to her as a way of inviting trouble to her innocent family.

''The matter is giving my whole family sleepless nights and as we speak here i was in Nairobi the other day to rush my son to Nairobi hospital after he developed depression following constant death threats the family has been receiving'', said Ombara, who acknowledged the meeting was treated as court contempt. 

Oile traders quickly went to court to seek redress when every attempt including street protests,  to stop the county government from changing the market into a park failed

During the meeting it emerged traders ejected from Oile market had identified another location within the city as opposed to the directives by the county government for the group to join other traders at the Jubilee market, a directive that was equally protested on grounds that the offered place was already congested.

Also speaking during the meeting Kisumu county women representative Rose Nyamunga downplayed matters by promising she will ensure that the affected traders get a better place to carry on their activities.

NYANZA TOP POLICE OFFICERS CALL FOR TRUCE AS INVESTIGATIONS INTENSIFY OVER KISUMU BAD COP GOOD COP ROBBERY DRAMA

 BY OMARI AKELLO

TOP police officers in Nyanza region have called on the residents of Kisumu to maintain calm as investigations intensified against the police officer connected to a series of robbery incidences at the lakeside City.

A senior AP was among the victims who positively identified the police officer attached to Kisumu central police station after a robbery incident that saw him lost over sh.200,000.

Speaking to the press at their respective  offices Nyanza police regional Co-coordinator Charles Narangwe and regional County commandant Gradus Atinda vowed to stamp out criminal elements in the area despite the fact that the two sharply clashed over the manner at which the recent robberies were handled.

As much as Narangwe maintained that the police acted within the law to gun down an AP and his accomplices in a recently botched robbery Atinda has questioned the manner in which the operation was conducted.

Mr. Atinda said that it was wrong for the trigger happy police officers to gun down suspected criminals who however did not show any sign of resistance by the time the police busted them at their hideout in the sprawling Manyatta estate.

The killing of the AP who was on his holiday resulted to a standoff between the two security organs with reports from other media indicating that irate APs armed to the teeth immediately stormed Kisumu police station in protest of brutal killing of their colleague.

The AP Commandant was quick to argue that the manner at which the AP was killed in his house before his family members including a child was a pointer to the fact that the those involved in the killing were looking for a cover up in what could be racket between them and the slain officer.

According to Atinda, the junior officer was trailed by the police to his house where he was handcuffed before he met his death.

However, Narangwe has maintained that his officers acted within the law by shooting the AP adding that the police is not ready to spare any criminal irrespective of their position in the society.

He further denied that the AP was handcuffed before he was shot and said the police officers who carried out the raid made the response after the AP attempted to fire at the police.

The Nyanza chief police officer added that his officer had no hard feelings towards their AP counterparts and called on them to corporate in fighting crime in the region.

He said Police service was a disciplined unit and a number of rogue police officers have been shown the door over petty offenses and tabled as an example a police officer sacked and charged in court for releasing a chang'aa dealer from the police custody without the knowledge of the OCS.

''If we can sack over such offend that may appear to be petty then it's totally outrageous for one to claim that we have defended someone suspected to be behind robbery'', Narangwe posed.

KISUMU GIRLS NOW HAVE A REASON TO SMILE AS WOMEN REP NYAMUNGA PARTNERS WITH DONORS TO PROMOTE THEIR EDUCATION.

 BY OMARI AKELLO

KISUMU County women Representative Rose Nyamunga has partnered with an international donor in a programme christened football for water,sanitation and hygiene to offer related rights in an integrated manner in the Kenyan Schools.

Under the programme which will consume sh. 60 million, 54 targeted schools for a just,cohesive and equitable education development in a clean and secure environment as outlined in Kenyan's vision 2030.

Speaking during the launch of the programme at Karanda primary school in Ahero, Nyando district, the women Representative  called for the promotion of girl child education noting that this was the only avenue that will help the group to competitively engage their male counterparts in the job market.

The colourful ceremony also saw the attendance of  SANA international director prof. Adongo and Kisumu County minister for water ,energy and national resources prof. Barrack Abonyo who was the chief guest.

Prof. Abonyo said that his office is currently working on a plan aimed at ensuring that all schools across the county enjoy electricity connection, good sanitation as a way of promoting education.

SANA project has a population of 7000 pupils including 3,600 boys and 3400 girls and according to prof. Adongo the project targeted not only the primary schools but also the host communities.

Some of the beneficiary schools  with completed projects include Wang'anga primary, Oren primary, Karanda primary, Nyomwaro primary all in Nyando district and Ndori primary, Siany primary, Apoko primary, Anding'o primary in the neighbouring Nyakach.

Other schools where the projects are still ongoing are Ngere primary and Alwala primary in Seme as well as Kobura primary and St. Annes primary in Nyando district.

Nyamunga assured that her office will work round the clock in ensuring that girl child  access quality education by offering them full support and promised to donate sanitary towels and shoes to the needy pupils.

The women rep  at the same criticized the move by the County government to relocate traders from the active Oile market in Kisumu .

Nyamunga said the County government could have identified an equivalent ground before pushing the traders out of the City market.

The traders mainly composed of  women joined by their area ward Representative Phillip Edwin Anayo last week engaged anti-riot police in a running battle after they stormed Kisumu County Assembly in protest of what they termed as unlawful relocation.