Nyatike Member of Parliament, Tom Odege, has affirmed his resolve to continue championing for award of hardship allowance for civil servants working in the constituency.
The MP, who made the declaration while issuing a bus to Gunga Senior School in Nyatike West Sub-County, said the constituency, categorised as a semi-arid area, should be considered by the government when allocating hardship allowance to civil servants.
Odege, who is also the Secretary General of the Civil Servants Union of Kenya, explained that the constituency cannot have government officials working in a semi-arid area without hardship allowance, yet officers in other places with similar conditions benefit from it.
On the issue of Grade 10 placement, Odege urged parents to take their children to local schools, urging that a lot of senior schools in Nyatike have improved infrastructure to cater for the educational needs of students.
Odege, who also toured other schools in the area to oversee infrastructural development, disclosed that both Sori Comprehensive and Sori Senior School will benefit from the upcoming Sh1.4 billion Sori Affordable Housing Project starting in February this year.
“If our children have been placed in other schools outside Migori County, and parents are finding it difficult to do so, I urge them to consider our county schools so that they can settle them as time is running out,” he explained.
The MP also welcomed the pre-election talks that have been initiated by the Orange Democratic Movement Party (ODM) and the United Democratic Alliance Party (UDA), even as the country prepares for the 2027 general election.
“We need to be ready and support our ODM party leader, Dr Oburu Oginga, to ensure we have a good deal before we enter 2027,” he noted.
By Makokha Khaoya
