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Oparanya was a two term MP for Butere and is itching not to have the record broken. He wants to plant puppets who he can control as he did to Andrew Toboso. There comes a time in every politician’s career when experience should teach them the difference between political leadership and political control. Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya has been around Kenyan politics long enough to understand this distinction. From his days as Butere MP to his tenure as Kakamega governor and his subsequent role in national politics, Oparanya has earned his place in the history of Western Kenya politics. But that history should also come with a lesson: the voters must always have the last word. This is why the apparent political contest over Butere MP Tindi Mwale’s quest for a third term deserves scrutiny. Mwale should be allowed to present himself to the people of Butere and ask for their support. Whether he deserves another term should not be determined in political boardrooms, by influential in...

Kakamega County has signed a four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CBM (Christian Blind Mission) to strengthen eye, ear and hearing health services, with the organisation committing KSh. 245.6 million to support the county from 2026 to 2029. The partnership, implemented through Operation Eyesight Universal, will focus on reducing avoidable blindness and visual impairment, addressing ear and hearing challenges, renovating and equipping eye units, training health workers, and expanding MOU low-vision services. The project will initially cover Malava, Mumias East, Navakholo, Ikolomani and Shinyalu, with community door-to-door screening using Peek Technology expected to reach 187,534 people. It will also provide treatment, surgical outreaches, reading glasses and low-vision services. Schools will be another key focus, with screening targeting 149,229 learners, teachers and non-teaching staff in 700 schools. The programme will provide eye and ear treatment, spectacles...

President William Ruto’s government has invested KSh 3 billion in Kakamega County to accelerate rural electrification, expand the Last Mile Connectivity Programme and bring reliable electricity closer to thousands of households, businesses and markets. The investment is expected to connect more than 40,000 homes and trading centres, advancing the government’s commitment to achieving universal electricity access by 2030. In Shinyalu, President Ruto launched Phase Four of the Last Mile Connectivity Programme in Lukhumbi Village, paving the way for more households to be connected to the national grid. In Navakholo and Mumias East, he launched the Nderema Village power project, which initially connected more than 160 homesteads, with plans to extend the network to neighbouring communities. In Khwisero, President Ruto commissioned rural grid expansion at Ebutani Junction and surrounding areas of Kisa North Ward, bringing electricity closer to hundreds of residents, b...

The Daily Nation edition of Friday, August 7, 2026, carried a prominent headline titled “Best and Worst Governors,” attributed to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).  The ranking has since been used by Governor Barasa’s opponents, including Oparanya sympathisers, to advance a narrative in funerals and other political meetings that Governor Barasa is a non-performer. However, the figures and realities on the ground require a closer and more balanced examination. COOPERATION Between the Kakamega County Governor and President William Ruto has seen tramendous change in completion of stalled mega projects.  The scorecard assessed county governments using several indicators, including pending bills, development expenditure, Own-Source Revenue (OSR), corruption and accountability, project completion, budget implementation, budget absorption, financial management and transparency.  While these are important aspects of county administration, they do not...

There is NOTHING- absolutely NOTHING- like Wycliffe Oparanya countering Edwin Sifuna in Western Kenya. That is a political MIRAGE… a CON GAME played in broad daylight on our dear President William Ruto! Look at the FACTS. As Edwin Sifuna storms Western with a charged, high-voltage tour- drawing momentum, attention, and MASS mobilisation across Trans Nzoia and Bungoma - where is Oparanya? Where is the so-called “counterweight”? Recently in Trans Nzoia, did Oparanya summon the people? Did he command the ground? Did he electrify the masses the way Sifuna is doing right now? NO. He did NOT. THE Lingo of Kakamega HE Fernandes Barasa Governor has given political direction.  And tomorrow? As Sifuna marches into Bungoma- into a gathering already billed as a MAJOR political moment in the region- Oparanya retreats into Malava… not for a rally, not for a movement, but for a village gossip gathering dressed up as politics! Let us be CLEAR: you do not counter...

In a show of desperation and giving up, Esnas Omanyi who has declared to contest as Kakamega Woman Rep in 2026 27 has gone mad.  Omanyo in a social media post rants and calls fellow aspirants names dismissing them as poor. Without provocation and from nowhere, Omanyo goes on to brag how she is shopping for a private jet. She dismisses those in the 2027 race against her as poor individuals. It's a sad day to contest as Woman Rep in Kakamega. It will take Pennina Mukabane to raise the bar at the ele tion otherwise the other candidates are a dangerous gamble.  In the Facebook gamble comments section Kakamegans wameamua kushuka na yeye. Shame on Omanyo!!