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Kisii ask Kajwang to keep promise

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Published on Monday, 05 September 2011 17:13

A cabinet minister was yesterday asked to fulfill his promise and set a passport issuing office in Kisii county as he promised four months ago. Kisii businessman Ben Mogaka asked the minister to ensure that the office is established as he said to ease the burden of the locals from travelling to Kisumu or Nairobi to acquire the documents. “The minister must live to his word and push for the setting the office to safe the locals of the burden of incurring huge costs to acquire the documents from Nairobi and Kisumu,” Mogaka said.

Speaking in Kisii Town, said that there is no indication that the office will be established since nothing has been seen taking place in the ground.

About four months ago, Kajwang said that a passport issuing office will be established in Kisii County to ease the burden of those travelling to Kisumu and Nairobi to acquire the documents.

The minister said that the office will be operational before the end of the year in order to ease congestion at the two offices and reduce travelling expenses for the seekers. “We know it is burdensome to travel to Nairobi or Kisumu to apply for the document that is why the government has decided to establish one in this region,” he said in early May when he opened ODM mobilization office.

Mogaka said that he was happy that the governments has since resumed the processing of National Identity cards saying that the process will enable youths join colleges and employment. “The government did a noble thing to resume the registration and processing of IDs because many were unable to do anything since the process was halted due to printing materials,” he said. He said that issuance of the documents will also enable youths participate in next year’s general election to elect leaders of their own choice.

He however said that the youth have been marginalized in the recent appointments of judicial officials saying that those appointed were beyond 35 years. “The constitution requires that each group be well represented but if you at recent appointments to the judiciary none of the youth were appointed so this is discrimination,” Mogaka said.

 A youth leader Douglas Arege concurred with Mogaka’s concerns saying that all groups must be given equal opportunities but wondered why the youths were never considered. “Affermative issues were never taken into consideration when the public appointments were made so as youth we feel discrimnatedd. Article 27 of the constitution is clear but none bothered to stick to it,” Arege said.