Otuoma urges leaders to support Raila, Ruto on push for national dialogue

“Baba is a top diplomat who cannot allow our country to burn under his watch. This is the reason he saw it prudent to engage in the forum to stabilise the county and I am fully behind his back,” he said.

The governor added that the governance reform calls by the youths have arrived at the right time when senior government officials have been boasting of being top shareholders while others flaunted opulence to suffering masses.

He said the country has come along way from dark days where abductions, detain without trial and many other atrocities were the order of the day.

Dr Otuoma who made the remarks when he graced the County Field Day and launch of Livestock vaccination at Busia Agricultural Training Centre yesterday.

He that said Raila and other reformists sacrificed a lot for the freedoms the country is enjoying today thus concerns raised by citizens should be given a listening ear.

“The  GenZs have raised pertinent issues that need to be addressed. However, we should not allow unscrupulous individuals to take advantage of such an initiative for their self interest.”

On development matters, the Governor reiterated that the Ward Based Agriculture Sector Driven Rural Economic Revitalization Programme, initiated by his government, intends to contribute to poverty reduction by 50 percent and ensure over 142,000 farming households are food secure by 2027. 

“For the last one year, through the Department of Agriculture we have unveiled different programmes focused on improving sustainability and commercialization of agriculture by leveraging on innovations and technologies for aggregation, agro-processing and export oriented value addition,” he posed.

He said the initiative intends to build on the many opportunities that can be exploited by investors who want to venture into manufacturing and agro-processing with the end product being employment opportunities for the youths.