Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Awendo Town.
RESIDENTS or Uriri constituency in the County of Migori were at the weekend advised to cast their votes wisely when electing leaders who will represent their views in all organs of governance in order to provide them with a bright future like any other Kenyan communities,
Addressing a well attended Harambee funds drive in aid of Obama Migingo Primary School, a Nairobi businessman who is also an executive of an NGO, Mr Martin Owiny, advised his audience not to waste their time discussion issues related to the future governance within their country. Instead, they should redouble their efforts in farming and other gainful activities.
Owiny, who was the chief guest, made a personal donation of Kshs 50,000. A total of Kshs 279,580 was realized. Other donors were George Ocholla Kshs 10,000,Peter Jobando 10,000,Mark Nyamita of Zain 10,000..Kevin Otieno ,the MD of Clrive Flowers Exporters gave 10,000 and R Owiny of Safaricom10,000.
In attendance were Zachary Okoth Obado, the Awendo zonal director with the Kenya Sugar Board, Ezra Olodi Odondi of the Kenya Sugar cane Growers Union who is an aspirant for the Migori Country governor. Also in attendance were civic leaders from Migori,Uriri and Nyatike districts.
Mr Owiny spoke at length about the importance of early children education to have the young be prepared for higher education.
He also touched an issue with declining standard of educations in Luo-Nyanza, adding that the region for many years was the home of most academic giants of Kenya and urged the locals to thrive in order to have this trend reversed.
He told his audience that the new constitution dispensation has created so many important positions within the Counties, and the locals could only benefit from it when they choose the right persons to represent their interests in all the top organs of the state from the Senate, National Assembly, and County governors.
“It is time for the electorate to shift from electing politically mediocre people who could not articulate their interests effectively to the relevant authorities.”
“This time around”, said Mr Owiny “the wananchi will have to choose their representatives wisely to avoid electing people with questionable academic backgrounds simply because such people had a lot of ill-gotten money for dishing out to the electorate, and thereafter they vanished up in the thin air not to be seen or heard of by the suffering constituents”.
Owiny said Uriri is an agricultural rich district, but its access and feeder roads are in pathetic state and needed to be repaired to enable the farmers could easily access market places for their farm products. The district needs more dispensaries, health centers and other essential social amenities for its people.
He advised the parents to spend their earning from farm produce, such as tobacco and sugarcane, wisely in paying school fees and other educational levies for their school going children.
“The future of this country lies in the hand of the children who are the leaders of tomorrow therefore they must be prepared properly in all academic fields to enable them to make significant contributions to the development of the country” said Mr Owiny.
At the same time Kenya’s keynote motto of success should be “hard work less talks as the foremost task” of expediting development. Political leaders should respect each other and give proper guidance to the Wananchi.
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