Uhuru Kenyatta Nyanza tour: List of wishes in pipeline

President Uhuru Kenyatta at an event in Nakuru last week. Demands to address ailing sugar factories and water hyacinth on Lake Victoria is expected to feature in his Nyanza visit. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

Scholars, and political and religious leaders in Nyanza are compiling a wish list to present to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who will tour the region on Thursday.

The old wish of revival of the region’s ailing sugar factories and clearing water hyacinth from Lake Victoria are the key items featuring in the list that shall be handed to opposition leader Raila Odinga, who will in turn pass it to his “brother” Uhuru Kenyatta.