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A protracted political war is in the offing in Siaya county, which is likely to have serious negative and adversely impact on ODM which is the party of choice in the region.
The battle is between the outspoken Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo and the county governor Cornel Rasanga.
The two political giants of Siaya county are cousins. Their mothers together with the late Mary Oginga Odinga, the mother of the ODM supremo Raila Odinga are sisters.
Speaking at a function in Bondo sub county, Midiwo alleged that Governor Rasanga is giving Sh200,000 every weekend to a rival who is an MP for the purposes of finishing Midiwo.
Midiwo also decried what he termed poor management of the resources by the Siaya county government under the governor Rasanga, citing the collapse of all the 10 medical facilities in his Gem constituency. He lamented that empty hospitals without medical staff, and yet the central government has disbursed millions of shilling to the Siaya county government which has failed to employ the medic staff to man these hospitals and cater for the suffering members of his constituents.
Midiwo also called on Siaya county MCAs to remain vibrant and ensure that the government officials do not embezzle public funds meant for development.
Meanwhile, an audit report of November 2014 compiled from a survey carried out by Siaya county leadership and development forum through social audit panel of common people, which was recently presented to the public at Ambira High School in December indicated that 20pc of Sh2 billion development budget 2013/2014 financial year was misused through corruption.
More than 250 Siaya residents blamed the governor and his government “for corruption and scoring below average on performance covering service delivery, development and good governance”.
According to the report, the governor was violating the constitution and the county governance Act by having public sessions in town after every three months.
The report further indicates that there was only superficial involvement of the people in the preparation of the county integrated development plan and the county budget as a way of fulfill requirements from controller of budget and hence the ownership amongst the people in Siaya .
“Corruption has hampered service delivery in the county government and there in no doubt about involvement of the executive.There is no action being taken at all,” the report added.
A protracted political war is in the offing in Siaya county, which is likely to have serious negative and adversely impact on ODM which is the party of choice in the region.
The battle is between the outspoken Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo and the county governor Cornel Rasanga.
The two political giants of Siaya county are cousins. Their mothers together with the late Mary Oginga Odinga, the mother of the ODM supremo Raila Odinga are sisters.
Speaking at a function in Bondo sub county, Midiwo alleged that Governor Rasanga is giving Sh200,000 every weekend to a rival who is an MP for the purposes of finishing Midiwo.
Midiwo also decried what he termed poor management of the resources by the Siaya county government under the governor Rasanga, citing the collapse of all the 10 medical facilities in his Gem constituency. He lamented that empty hospitals without medical staff, and yet the central government has disbursed millions of shilling to the Siaya county government which has failed to employ the medic staff to man these hospitals and cater for the suffering members of his constituents.
Midiwo also called on Siaya county MCAs to remain vibrant and ensure that the government officials do not embezzle public funds meant for development.
Meanwhile, an audit report of November 2014 compiled from a survey carried out by Siaya county leadership and development forum through social audit panel of common people, which was recently presented to the public at Ambira High School in December indicated that 20pc of Sh2 billion development budget 2013/2014 financial year was misused through corruption.
More than 250 Siaya residents blamed the governor and his government “for corruption and scoring below average on performance covering service delivery, development and good governance”.
According to the report, the governor was violating the constitution and the county governance Act by having public sessions in town after every three months.
The report further indicates that there was only superficial involvement of the people in the preparation of the county integrated development plan and the county budget as a way of fulfill requirements from controller of budget and hence the ownership amongst the people in Siaya .
“Corruption has hampered service delivery in the county government and there in no doubt about involvement of the executive.There is no action being taken at all,” the report added.
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