By Our Reporter

Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma suffered last week collapsed in his office after the names of the seven people he had proposed to be in the County’s Public Service Board was rejected in totality .

Ranguma had thought that by giving each County Rep kshs 10,000 they were going to pass the entire names of the nominees “Yie utera ot ir madame” (please take me to my wife) he told his aides cursing the County Reps saying they are the most hungry and unreliable lot.

While rejecting the list, the Assembly Members said the list has not met the constitutional requirements regarding appointments of Public officers.

Members of the Kisumu County Assembly cited the issue of leaving out the youth in the proposed list of nominees to the County’s Public Service Board as one of the reasons as to why they rejected the names.

During a heated debate on Wednesday, Members of the County Assembly who contributed during the debate said the issue of people with disability was also left out as none was considered for the proposed appointments.

Members of the County Assembly also claimed that people who have been marginalized and are residing within the county have also not been considered for the positions at the county’s Public Service Board hence leads to rejection.

However, Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma described the decision by the County Assembly Members as very disappointing, saying it moves back all the plans that had been put in place by his office to commence the implementation of development activities.

“Of course the County Assembly has the prerogative to approve or decline any appointments based on what is presumed to be fair, logical and meant to serve the good of the county and the people they represent,” he said in a press statement.

Ranguma however said he is still committed to working with all those who value progress and wish to see Kisumu County move away from empty politicking to development adding that this can only be achieved if the County’s Public service board is in place and able to recruit the needed manpower and put in place the necessary Human Resource that can support the development agenda.

“Many youths are jobless in the County and the I had hoped that the establishment of the PSB would enable the absorption of some of the youths into jobs at all levels by end of the year, so as to contribute to the development of the County and this is not just a loss to the County Management but to all Citizens as they will not benefit from any meaningful jobs or services soon”, Ranguma added.

He further asked all Citizens of Kisumu County including elected and nominated leaders to work with him as a team and see real development in Kisumu and not be drawn into endless diversionary politics.

The seven who have since been rejected include Eng. Nahason Ogwang proposed for chairmanship of the Board and Hesbon Owuor Hongo as the Secretary.

Others are Moses Odingo, Jackson Oyoo, Gabriel Amollo, Violet Onyango and Jacinta Kapiyo as Members of the Board.