Deputy President, Prof. Kithure Kindiki, has helped raise Sh35 million for women empowerment programmes in a successful fundraiser held Friday at Sikri T.T.I in Homa Bay County.
The DP termed women as the pillar of families and community at large. “We have come here not to talk so much, but just to empower women,” Prof Kindiki said.
He declared his steadfast support for women empowerment saying that women through their small businesses support their families robustly by providing food, educating children and spend their money prudently to secure the future of their families in general.
The deputy president assured Kenyans that the focus of the broad-based government is champion development in all corners of the country and empower citizens by putting aside retrogressive politics.
During the occasion the DP urged politicians who want to engage in politics to hold their horses and wait for 2027.
He said President William Ruto, and the broad-based government has set aside money to revive all the road projects that stalled six to seven years ago for them to be completed and pave way for construction of new roads.
“We want to build roads, connect electricity, and build markets,” the Deputy President said.
The DP told Homa-Bay County residents that the government has lined up a number of development programmes in the county including investing Sh15.8 billion for putting up a fresh produce market, a fish market, undertaking affordable housing project and vocational institutions including technical training institutes and Kenya medical training colleges.
Other projects the DP said includes Sh 2 billion for electricity connection programme and Sh 8.5 billion for roads projects in the County.
On politics the DP said the late former Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga, left ODM party strong and doing well in the broad-based government, urging the party to remain united under the new party leader Dr. Oburu Oginga.
“Support him to continue leading ODM party,” he said.
On her part, the Homabay Governor, Gladys Wanga, said “Raila Odinga left us a united people as a community and we will remain united and stand together.”
The governor said they were left within their party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) united saying they will still remain so under the new party leader, Dr. Oburu Oginga.
On broad based government, the governor said: “Raila Odinga was unequivocal and left us inside the broad-based government. As a party we will be inside the broad-based government and we will support the government of Dr. William Ruto together with his deputy Prof. Kithure Kindiki.”
The governor who is also ODM party national chair said they have agreed to face by-elections as the broad-based government team. “Where we have a UDA candidate in Malava, Mbeere, Banissa and Baringo that is a broad-based candidate,” Wanga asserted.
And where we have ODM party candidate like in Ugunja, Kasipul, Magarini, those also are broad based candidates under the ODM party,” she said.
Governor Wanga vowed they will proceed in that direction and will continue working together
She urged party members to remain united and focused even though baba (late Raila Amolo insisting that there should be no wavering in the party. “I want to tell them, we will stand strong, we will protect Raila Odinga’s legacy, and we will stand with the legacy that Baba left and support our president,” Governor Wanga insisted.
The event was attended by several MPs, Homabay Women Rep Joyce Osogo (Bensuda), Migori Governor Ochilo Ayacko, Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani, Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot, majority leader Kimani Ichungwa, PS Raymond Omollo among other senior government officials.
By Moseti Julius
