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Leaders in Homabay County have been asked to follow up with relevant government departments to ensure all promised made by President William Ruto when he toured the county are fulfilled.
The President pledged to grant Homa Bay town city status which means more budgetary allocations are needed.
Business man and politician Johnson Oduk has advised all elected and nominated leaders together with those in crucial government departments to ensure every promise counts.
” We thank the President for visiting but what we want is to call on all leaders to ensure they play their part to ensure all promises made are fulfilled,” Oduk said
The President said money has already been allocated for key services in Homabay town.
“Millioni 450 ya Homa Bay town ndio mueze kupata maji kwa sababu tunataka hii Homa Bay town iwache kuwa town, hii Homa Bay tunataka tuipangie ikuwe city,” the President said.
(We have set aside Sh450 million for Homa Bay town to access water because we want Homa Bay town to cease being a town, we want Homa Bay to be a city.).
This means that Homa Bay will become the sixth town to be a city after Eldoret, which was recently named a city.
Other cities are Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, and Nakuru.
Cities often receive more government funding and support for development projects and public services, which can improve the overall living conditions of residents.
The county will, however, have to ramp up its internal resource mobilisation to effectively fund operations and projects meant to maintain the city’s status.
If made a city, Homa Bay will see improved infrastructure and better urban planning, which will be more focused on managing growth and improving the quality of life.
The President also commissioned the Oyugis water project, before inspecting the Homa Bay fish market.
