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ICT and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo during relief food distribution at Ndiru Chief's Camp in Rangwe Constituency on December 17, 2022. Concerns have been raised over failure by elected leaders from Nyanza to attend functions for development projects organised by the government in the region (James Omoro, Standard).
I am surprised that some elected leaders from the Luo Nyanza region are dissuading their constituents from receiving the relief food whose distribution is currently being spearheaded by Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo.
Those who are opposed to the initiative are seeing the "invisible hand of politics" in the exercise. This is rather strange coming from leaders who should know that, unlike the state, all governments the world over are conservative political animals keen on self-preservation.
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