Reports Leo Odera Omolo.
HOMA-bay will be the beehive of the end of the year festivities involving cultural an sporting meeting the first time of it kind for the Lake side town which is expected to be the administrative headquarters of the region within the next few months.
The sporting festival will include the lunching of the Homa-Bay Star a football clubs, which will be able to compete with teams from other counties and even with the teams playing in the national football league countrywide
Participating teams are expected from all the six parliamentary constituencies of Mbita, Gwassi, Ndhiwa, Rangwe, Homa-Bay, Karachuonyo , Kasipul and Kabondo.
The cultural activities will include discussions, tribal dances, canoe regatta, music festival and other activities. It is hoped that this festivities will bring together the people of Homa-Bay County, one of the largest in the region.
The festival is the brainchild of Dr. Mark Matunga, an executive with the Microsoft International computer company. Matunga, who hails from Mbita district, is one of the front runners for the race for the elective post of the Homa-Bay County governorship.
Dr Matunga is the patron of the event which kicks off on the boxing day December 26, 2011 and ending on December 31st 2011.
Thousands of people who will be relaxing at heir rural homes during the Christmas and New Year festivities are expected to be in Homa-Bay town and this will give a boost to the business community such as taxis drivers, boda boda motor bike taxis, hotels etc. Thereafter the festival will be an annual calendar event.
Dr Matunga said his infant organization will mount intensive publicity so that it could attract participants from other counties in the neighboring regions. The participants are primarily expected to come from all corners of Homa-Bay County stretching from the far eastern end of Kabondo to the far western end in Mbita and Gwassi district.
The region has received two new parliamentary constituencies which include the sub-division of Rangwe and Kasipul Kabondo giving the region two more constituencies bringing the to total to seven. Some regions are rich in cultural activities such as the famous Kochia and Karachuoyo traditional dancers
The festival steering committee met at Homa-Bay town over the weekend to strategize and brainstorm on the final touches of the festivities.
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