Obado counted, urges State to deploy security in Migingo for census

Migori Governor Okoth Obado and Mama Hellen Obado field questions from census officials at their Uriri rural home, Migori county. [Standard]

Migori Governor Okoth Obado has asked the government to deploy security officers in Lake Victoria’s Migingo Island  so that Kenyans residing in the island can take part in the 2019 national population census.

Speaking on Saturday night after being counted at his rural home in North Kanyamkago, Uriri sub-county as the noble exercise got underway, the governor cited rampant harassment of fishermen living in the islands by Uganda security forces as a cause for concern during the census period.