By Agwanda Jowi.

The Kenya Local Government Workers Union Kisumu City Branch will hold its elections on 3rd February 2011.

In a letter addressed to its rank and members ,the Union’s outgoing Secretary General Joel Omondi Ondu-“Rashidi” said that the Union’s Secretary General Bonface Munyao in a circular from the Registrar of Trade Union’s had instructed all trade union’s to carry out their branch elections not later than 30th March 2011.

“Following the letter, the General Secretary of KLGWU has instructed all branches to carry out their elections within the stipulated time and in accordance to Local Government Worker’s Union’s Constitution,as a branch in Kisumu we will conduct our elections on 3rd February 2011” said Rashidi in his letter.

He added that the elections of the nominated contestants will be eventually be conducted at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 3/02/2011 at the Kisumu Municipal Works Yard.

Following the circular,two factions have emerged with each selling its policies to the workers with the outgoing office led by the branch Chairman Otiende Didi and Rashidi Ondu going to defend their seats while the Solomon Akungu Taabu who has declared his candidacy for ther Secretary General’s seat led faction says that their time at the helm of the union is up.

“They were given time and showed the workers the stuff they are made of,the workers should usher in anew team”Akungu said while meeting the workers at Anderson estate while where he was flanked by his faction Chairman -to-be William Aduda,Oketch Batamba,Winston Odaro Churchil and Richard Oduor.

While Otiende when addressing the Bus Park workers told the workers to judge by themselves what his outgoing office had done for them.

“You do not have arrears and we have strongly agitated for your case, remember i was sacked because of my agitating for your rights” he lamented to the workers while he was soliciting for their votes.

He was accompanied by Rashidi and Stephen Sule.

The outgoing branch Chairman Otiende Didi (with a cap holding the microphone)campaigns at the Kisumu Bus Stop

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