Kasipul residents pool resources to build bridge after 'losing hope' in state aid

Lake Basin Development Authority chairman Odoyo Owidi (in brown coat), former Homa Bay Trade executive Carelus Ademba (in short sleeved shirt) with former Kasipul MP Oyugi Magwanga at the temporary Nyiwir Bridge on River Awach on October 30, 2020 during a funds drive to help construct a permanent bridge on the river. [James Omoro]

More than 5,000 residents of Kodera North location in Kasipul constituency have stopped calling for the government to construct a bridge.

For more than a decade, Nyiwir Bridge on River Awach has been a nightmare for the residents.