Trouble Brewing in Nyamira Following Uhuru’s Visit of Kisii

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Kisii County last week was well recieved by the locals. The locals saw a ray of hope as the President’s Visit enabled them land a number of development projects.

As the Kisii residents and leaders made merry, a section of leaders from the neighbouring Nyamira Country were brewing with anger.

They had even promised not to attend President Kenyatta’s meeting in a meeting held at Nairobi.

It later emerged that they were both not riding on the same boat as some of them ended up attending the meeting.

Among those who attended were Governor John Nyagarama, Senator Okong’o Omogeni, MPs Joash Nyamoko (North Mugirango), Shadarak Mose (Kitutu Masaba) and Woman Rep Jerusa Momanyi.

Only Vincent Kemosi (West Mugirango) and his Borabu counterpart Ben Momanyi boycotted the meeting.

This has therefore caused an uprecedented level of hatred among the leaders with one section accusing the other of betrayal.

Speaking in Nyamira at the weekend, Kemosi described  those who attended the meeting as traitors for going against the resolution.

Kemosi said among the reasons they had resolved to boycott the meeting was the President’s cancellation of an earlier plan to tour Nyamira.

He also cited what he called political aggression from a section of politicians from Kisii county. “How could we go to Kisii to tell (President) Uhuru what we want him to do for Nyamira people when he has all the convenience of coming to Nyamira to witness himself our problems?” Kemosi posed.

But Nyamoko, who is the chairman of Gusii MPs caucus, said the plan to boycott Uhuru’s meeting was shelved after the President explained why he could not visit Nyamira.

“We learnt that the President had a busy schedule that could not allow him to visit both Nyamira and Kisii counties. But even so, we met again and deliberated that we should attend the meeting in Kisii,” Nyamoko said.

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