GOVERNOR BARASA IS THE 2023 HERO OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY.
Its without doubt that Governor Fernandes Barasa has scored firsts in his first five-year term at the helm of Kakamega County. From distribution of drugs and non phermaseuticals in hospitals across Kakamega to instalation of water points and getting cozzy with People Living with disability, it's been a ride. Since the advent of devolution, it's only in the Barasa administration that a day to mark, celebrate and fete those abled differently was observed with pomp at Bukhungu Studium. Unlike in previous ad ministration where PLWD were regarded as a curse and most sneered at by even the Governor himself, Governor Barasa has shown his soft touch along that line. According to Ministry of Health, Over 140,000 adults are abled differently in Kakamega County with more than half of them now able to enjoy some of the benefits the county government has to offer. From doing business without paying licenses, free medical assessment, free treatmen...