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11,000 BUTERE BODABODAS TO GET SACCO.

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Medical Health Co Dr. David Alila (Standing 4th front row from left) when he visited the New Butere Bodaboda office.  THE Quest to have all the estimated 11,000 Bodaboda Operators across Butere Sub County form a Sacco has kicked off in earnest. This noble initiative crafted by Kakamega County Medical health Chief Officer Dr. David Alila who comes from Butere could be a game changer. Speaking when he met all the 110 chairmen of the stages in Five wards, Dr. Alila who has been proposed as a patron said the proposed Sacco was for economic empowerment. "If you guys collected let's say as little as Ksh 10 per day and deposited in your account within a short time you will be free to make your decisions economically without depending on politicians" Said Alila. He said peace-meal groupings within the bike operators will only help in short-term and for a few individuals but a long term solution lay in massive pulling of resources for each one of the members. "The

THESE ARE GUV BARASA'S MISTAKES

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"Refusing to be manipulated like a puppet by his predicesor and cartels was his major undoing"  IN the run up to the 2022 general elections, EX Governor Whyclife Oparanya who is deputy Party leader ODM, settled for FCPA Fernandes Barasa as his successor. The former would go on to throw his then Deputy Philip Kutima under the political bus to the chagrin of most Kabras( if how they voted that year is anything to go by). With a war chest to boot, FCPA Fernandes Barasa launched a massive campaign across Kakamega selling himself as a resource Manager and a trust worthy person who was "able to handle a huge budget in Ketracco" and that Kakamega's 17B was nothing to manage. Fast forward after winning, unbeknown to him, Governor Barasa started to chart his path as county boss allighning every of his move in tandem with his six piece agenda in the campaign.  Like anybody else, Elections were over and behind us and what he was supposed to do was to deliver on

THE MALAVA FERTILIZER NARRATIVE IS FANNED BY IGNORANCE.

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By Joel Eshikumo.  DEBATE was raging on how seven bags of supposed subsidised Fertilizer (out of tons delivered) by the county Government of Kakamega were found to have sand and pebbles in Malava.  This lazy story line was picked up by ignorant haters who have a born to pick with some leaders in government and especially the Agriculture Ministry.