Deputy President William Ruto is known to be a cheerful giver who never shy’s away from handing out goodies from wherever he goes. He is currently in Homa bay county for a developmental tour. After Homa bay, the DP is expected to jet to Governor Okoth Obado’s backyard, Migori County.
The deputy President has today promised 20 million to Tom Mboya Level IV Hospital in Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County. He said th money will be used to upgrade infrastructure and buy an ambulance.
The Tom Mboya Level IV Hospital in Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County will receive Sh20m to upgrade infrastructure and buy an ambulance. pic.twitter.com/jRM2jgE5fr
— William Samoei Ruto (@WilliamsRuto) November 5, 2018
” The equipping of hospitals and expansion of facilities is meant to improve access to health services to communities, cut travel cost and huge bills to access Medicare. Keeping the population healthy will ensure a productive workforce,” Said Ruto.
After his tour of Homabay county, the DP will be received in Migori by Governor Okoth Obado.
Migori residents have welcomed the move by the deputy President to visit the region with many saying what they care about is development and not useless political rhetorics.
“We want those trying to bring politics into the development agenda to stop it,” said John Odera, a resident from Migori.
“We are happy that the DP is coming to visit us. We are happy because the road that he will be coming to commission will help us,’ he added.
Ruto will be in Suna West Sub-county where he will launch the construction of the tarmac road between Masara and Muhuru beach and later address a public rally at Masara trading centre.
Kuria West member of parliament (MP) Mathias Robi, who is a close ally of Mr Ruto, confirmed the DP will be in the county to commission the construction of the road as part of the Jubilee administration’s promise to develop all regions in Kenya.
Ruto’s Visit to Migori and Homa bay has sent jitters among Raila Odinga’s point-men in Luo Nyanza with many dismissing the tour as being purely political.
Indeed apart from development, Ruto is exepected to engage in a little bit of politics. In Homa bay county, Jubilee’s pointman is Engineer James Rege. Will Ruto try to get to the good side of Governor Obado and bring the governor to his side?
Okoth Obado is the only known politician from Luo Nyanza that has openly opposed Raila odinga’s political antics and somehow got away with it. The governor even opposed ODM’s candidate Ochillo Ayacko in the just concluded Senatorial by-elections. In fact pundits say that if the governor was not a guest of the state at Industrial Area, ODM would have had a long day in Migori.