THE CONTEST FOR THE NEWLY CREATED KABONDO-KASIPUL CONSTITUENCY WILL BE THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE LETTERS AS THE TOP INTELLECTUALS BATTLE IT UP FOR SUPREMACY.

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

The newly created Kabondo Kasipul constituency in Rachuonyo South district is likely to be center of attraction as it will attract the best brains in the region.

This is one of the 80 parliamentary constituencies which were created by the IEBC and endorsed by parliament. It has since sub-divided the densely populated former larger Kasipul-Kabondo consituency into with the new electoral area being located at the extremely eastern tip of Homa-Bay County.

It has already attracted eight aspirants, most of hem senior university lecturer and experienced political operatives an elites.

One of the perspective aspirants is Hebert Ojwang’,the former PA of the Prime Minister Raila Odinga and a former director of Kenyatta National Hospital.

Ojwang’ who served one full time as the chairman of the board of directors of the Awendo based Sony Sugar Company is credited or having turned around the hitherto run-down facility.
Under Ojwng’s pragmatic and shroud leadership Sonysugar company escaped from going under and into burst to the satisfaction of both the workers and the out grower farmer who have since his departure have continued getting paid their dues for cane deliveries to the facilities at regular basis. Before that it was taking he farmers between six months to one yea before they were paid their dues for cane delivered and crushed, crushed and sold by the facility.

Ojwang’ is known as one of the shrewdest businessmen and a sooth political operative
He will, however, battle it out with political giants lie the former Kasipul-Kabondo Mp Dr Ralph Otieno Kopiyo, Prof,Richard Otieno Muga, the former director of the Medical Services in Kenya, who is now the Vice Chancellor at the Kisumu-based Great Lakes University, a senior lecturer at the Kabarak University Dr. T.M.Ayodo.

Also reported to be eyeing the seat is the former one ter MP from Kasipul-Kabondo Paddy Ahenda, the incumbent MP Joseph Oyugi Maguwanga a Mr Enock Ogutu and the beautiful and populist leader of the Maendeleo Ya Wanawake in Nyanza Mrs Eve Obara, who is the CEO of the Kenya Literature Bureau in Nairobi.

Located in the extremely North-eastern tip of Homa-bay County, Kabono-Kasipul constituency is an agricturally rich area, which is bordering Sigowet in the North East, Mugirango Wet in the south east, Nyakach in the sou southeast.Mrs Obara, however,has yet to declare her interest I the seat but only the word is being spread like the bush fire by hundreds of her supporters
Its main economic activities is agriculture. The area produces thousands of tones of sweet potatoes, coffee, tea,bananas vegetable, maize, and other cash crops.I t has two major trading centers,Kadongo and Chabera ad is served by the Ahero-Sondu-Oyugi-Kisii highway with several access and feeder roads, part curly those funded by the CDF.

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