Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Homa-Bay
The Residents of Luo-Nyanza were at the weekend urged to establish more schools for the children with the body disabilities so that the handicapped youth could be prepared for the future real task of nation building.
The number of children with the body disability are on alarming increase, therefore it is the responsibility of the parents, members of the public and stakeholders to consider the possibility of establishing more schools which could offer specialized training.
This sentiment was expressed by Hilary Ochieng’ Alila, the ODM youth coordinator in Nyanza when he addressed well attended and a successful Harambee fund drive for Ogande Disabled Children School in Central Kanyada, Rangwe Constituency, Homa-Bay County.
He said people with body disability could be trained and prepared to be productive members of the society, therefore they should not be discarded. More schools offering specialized training for the disabled should be established in almost every location because the number of children wiih their body disability was on alarming increase, and people must prepared to meet the challenges of offering them adequate training.
Alila who is on of the leading contender for the lucrative position of Homa-Bay County Senate seat was accompanied by a Homa-Bay and Nairobi lawyer George Opondo Kalumawho is also aspiring for the newly created Homa-Bay parliamentary seat.
The new parliamentary electoral constituency is among the newly created 80 parliamentary constituencies country-wide. It is to be hived out of the old Rangwe constituency to cater for mainly the residents of Homa-Bay and its environs.
A total of Kshs 300,000 was realized with Kaluma donating kshs 100,000 while Alila who was the chief guest donated Kshs 70,000.
Alila advised the old-guards to voluntarily give the way for the youthful and energetic leaders with vision to turn the country around. Those who have served in the past regime and enriched themselves should retire honorably and live the field open for the younger generation.
He sounded stern warning to an elderly but unnamed politician who is operating within the Homa-Bay county and who is on the record as bad-mouthing the youths aspiring for the various positions in the country, parliament and Senate that his days are being numbered. He need to shut his big mouth or else the youths would soon take him head-on.
He told the government to urgently consider sending relief food to the hunger stricken region within Homa-Bay County, saying residents of Suba, Rachuonyo, Gwassi, Rangwe and Homa-Bay, specially those living along the shoreline of Lake Victoria are currently experiencing acute shortage of food grains.
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