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Are Uhuru’s Nyanza projects tokenism or real development for larger Western Kenya region?

ODM Leader Raila Odinga accompanied H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta in Commissioning of Siaya Bondo Water Supply Project in Yala Siaya County. [Courtesy]

There is no denying that some of the projects in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bag of goodies that he unveiled ahead of last Tuesday’s Madaraka Day celebrations will neither be executed within the lakeside city of Kisumu nor the Luo-Nyanza region.

Yet still the president’s tour and gesture were largely fashioned as a Luo-Nyanza affair, which begs a host of questions.  

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