Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Awendo Town.
The latest entry into the contest, for the newly created Awendo parliamentary constituency, of a Nairobi based business magnate, Walter John Owino Sirawa, has sent a half a dozen or so parliamentary hopefuls into great panic.
Owinoi Sirawa entry into the Awendo race has hit the ground with thud forcing his rivals into resorting to unorthodox means including character assassination
Sirawa is the managing director of Gillies Security Guards. His entry into the race has drastically changed the contest while his popularity has hit the region like Tsunami. His candidature has attracted a large following by the youths and women folks within Awendo Town and its environs.
photograph of Walter John Owino Sirawa
Within only a week or so Mr.Sirawa’s campaign trail has hit the sugar cane growing region like thunderstorm attracting the attention of the usually marginalized and manipulate sugar cane growers in the area.
Sirawa told this writer by phone that his vision for the Awendo residents is to thrive for the unity of purpose of all the stakeholders without discrimination based on clanism.
His other visions include youth empowerment through training for self sustenance and fighting for the rights of cane farmers.
Also to be given priorities under his leadership is women economic, empowerment – strengthening women groups. Poverty eradication, better educational facilities, good feeder and access roads and the stamping out of the menace of cattle rustling in the region.
Other priorities included economic infrastructure such rural electrification. He will thrive to ensure that the residents get good and clean water for health in their homes.
Other priorities include taking care of the old and aged people and ensure that they enjoyed the government funds, To protect and assist the boda-boda motorbike and bicycle riders.
His other priority will be to ensure that Awendo has a well equipped technical school and village polytechnics in all the five administrative locations that makes the constituency. And to facilitate funds for the assistance of both primary and secondary school teachers to pursue their further academic ambition and to work close with the teachers to ensure their welfare.
Insecurity in Awendo and its environs will get top priority so that the residents of the agricultural rich rural constituency could go about their daily business without being molested by criminal thugs. On CDF projects, he said there will be zero corruption.
During his tenure as the MP for Awendo, Sirawa said he would work hard in collaboration with the NGOs, all registered farmers’ primary co-operative societies, and civil servants, in order to expedite development activities in the region.
He challenged his rivals to get prepared for a bruising election contest, to stop panicking or getting involved in unorthodox and cowardly crude methods of undercutting through character assassination.
He an ODM stalwart and life member who had been dong everything in promoting the party in the region and appealed to the residents to vote as a bloc for the Prime minister Raila Odinga to realize his presidential ambition come March 2013.
Sirawa is facing five other aspirant who included the former KRA top official Jude Ayieko, a former Gamba High School Principal Jared Kopiyo, and executive with the NGO Eric Oyoo, Joseph Owuor who is the PA to Dalmas Otieno the Minister for Public Services.
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from: ” . . . gillyssecurity . . . ”
Sent: Monday, 7 January 2013, 17:02
Subject: Fwd: Picture for Walter Owino
Mr Leo,
Trust you are well, we spoke earlier. Please find attached my photo.
My vision for Awendo people are outlined below,
1 Unity of purpose for Awendo people (no clan discrimination)
2. Youth empowerment through training for self sustenance
3. Fighting for the rights of farmers
4. Women empowerment – strengthening women groups.
5. Infrastructure – roads/electricity.
6. Clean water for all homes
7. Good health care for all
8. Care for the old – funds for the aging elders
9. Road safety – Boda boda riders welfare
10. Equitable college, high schooland primary school bursary for students
11. improve school infrustructure
12. Have a technical institution in Awendo
13. Have a university college in Awendo
14. Assist teachers pursue further studies
15. Improve teachers morale.
16. Empower widows,orphans, people with disabilities & special interest groups.
17. CDF projects for all – ZERO discrimination.
18. Improve security for all.
19. Collaborating with NGOs/civil societies to improve livelihood for the people of Awendo.
regards
Walter.