BY JEFF OTIENO IN KISUMU

Marie stopes Regional Director Cyprian Awiti over the weekend helped to raise a whopping kshs.850,000 in aid of Mawego Catholic Church.Awiti gave a personal donation of kshs.150,000,Lands Minister James Orengo sent kshs.100,000 through Awiti among other donors.

In his speech the NGO Guru appealed to the Luo community to forge unity and shun hatred in order to achieve development and eradicate rampant poverty in the region.

The NGO boss was at pains to explain to the constituents why he opted out of the parliamentary race in favour of the current MP James Rege in the last general elections, despite persistent pleas from the voters that he was up to the task.

In the current coalition government set up, the Marie stopes boss was expected among the illustrious sons of the community to land lucrative positions due to his unrivalled development track records and proximity to the Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

His being sidelined has so far impacted negatively with keen political pundits terming it a mis-calculation on the part of Raila and his political handlers.

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:45:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: JEFF
Subject: NGO EXECUTIVE DONATES.