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[Gladys Wanga, E.G.H. @gladyswanga]

BEYOND THE DUST: HOMA BAY'S LONG ROAD FROM MARGINALISATION TO TRANSFORMATION

The dust on the Mbita–Sindo–Kiabuya–Sori corridor tells a story. But it is not the story of a people who have failed. It is the story of a region that has waited far too long for the infrastructure required to unlock its potential.
What was billed as a tour of Homa Bay by Linda Mwananchi ended up doing something its organisers did not intend: it highlighted the very tribulations our community has been fighting to overcome. Rough roads in parts of Suba South became a visual metaphor, and a source of ridicule, for Homa Bay's exclusion from development (including by their main sponsor). For the people who live along these roads, however, their condition is no joke; it is a daily reality that shapes access to markets and services, the cost of doing business, and the pace at which communities can develop.

Homa Bay has lived with this reality for decades. Since independence, the county, like many others across the country, has been evidence of a structural deficit that stretches from God Odiado in Siaya to Wuoth Ogik in Nyatike, shared by Turkana, Maasailand, Western Kenya, the Coast and other regions that have waited since 1963 for a fair share of the republic.

These regions have experienced acute economic marginalisation reflected in an infrastructure deficit far greater than what their population, resources and potential should have allowed. Those roads have their origins in independent Kenya, and their neglect spans every administration: fifteen years under Jomo Kenyatta, twenty-four under Daniel Arap Moi, ten under Mwai Kibaki, and ten more under Uhuru Kenyatta. It is a matter of historical record, not grievance for its own sake, that the roads Linda Mwananchi's cameras found so remarkable are the same roads generations of governments chose not to build. The Mbita road itself tells that story in miniature: first awarded in 2016 under the Uhuru Kenyatta government to Put Sarajevo, it stalled for lack of allocated funds, with only 7km of its 74km completed. It was re-awarded in 2020 and again saw little progress. In the last two years, 28km have so far been tarmacked, with works currently ongoing. It is important to note that a 74km trunk road is not something that devolution or CDF can address.

However, devolution matters. Some would ask what devolution has done? It is devolution, championed for decades by leaders including Raila Odinga, that has begun to give counties like Homa Bay a say over their own development and a share of resources once concentrated at the centre. This has turned the case for correcting marginalisation from a matter of goodwill into a constitutional guarantee.

We are not embarrassed by that history. If images of rutted roads earned Homa Bay comparisons to conflict zones, we take that as a badge of honour to our marginalisation and resilience, not an insult requiring our silence. We are convinced that these roads would have been tarmacked decades ago had Tom Mboya and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga remained in government. Jaramogi was forced out in 1966, Mboya assassinated in 1969, both on a path toward the presidency. Raila Odinga, many believe, would have delivered that infrastructure as president, but when Kenyans elected him, that mandate was denied to him by force. That history is why the current moment deserves to be judged on its own terms, not dismissed as political theatre.

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@DonaldBKipkorir S31oo99

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.

Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.

Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.

These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?

Does anyone really believe that?

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@DonaldBKipkorir Am equally disappointed with Russia

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@MigunaMiguna Fear women

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@NYCMayor Truth to power. Well done @NYCMayor Zohran

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City.

Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.

This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home. My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance.

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@HonMoses_Kuria When did you learn about this snr @HonMoses_Kuria

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From today henceforth my political loyalty has unconditionally shifted to the Most honourable prime cabinet secretary @MusaliaMudavadi following the death of my leader @RailaOdinga . I pledge to follow whichever direction he takes, so help me God.

[Eugene L. Wamalwa @EugeneLWamalwa]

23 years ago today, Raila Odinga came in style to mourn his friend Michael Wamalwa Kijana and delivered bulls to our home in Kitale. Today, i lead members of my family, my party @DAP_Kenya, and the larger luhya family to Kang'o ka Jaramogi in Bondo to honor our departed hero. The Wamalwa family and the larger luhya family have had a long and deep history of friendship, good neigbouliness, and shared values and idiologies towards a better Kenya, which we commit carry on, even after loosing our hero
#RipRailaOdinga

[Dr. Miguna Miguna @MigunaMiguna]

I have seen some people argue that Queen Elizabeth II and the Pope were buried in private ceremonies.

Let us remind them that neither the Queen nor the Pope were Luos. They were buried according to their societies’ cultures, customs and traditions.

A Luo man with a homestead must be buried in accordance with Luo culture, customs and traditions. We must not accept colonial practices to take over our mores, traditions and customs.

As for those who argue that the Odinga family owes Kenyans nothing, let me remind them that everything members of the Odinga family have and enjoy—the power, influence, wealth and privileges—emanate DIRECTLY from the people.

For those arguing about “the Will”, let me remind them that we have not seen or read it, nor have we seen the advocate who read it in the PRESENCE of ALL beneficiaries as required by law. After all, no one has claimed that @RailaOdinga wanted to be buried as a boy who died in his father’s homestead.

Some of these issues are too consequential to be left to opportunists, hypocrites and transactional dealers.

@RailaOdinga must be given a befitting send off as a Luo Elder. He cannot be buried in secret like a thief.

The public and state agencies are urged to exercise absolute restraint and decorum during the entire process.

Period.

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@MigunaMiguna @MigunaMiguna loves and stands for the truth always. Thanks for this leader

[أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0]

⚠️To Whom It May Concern,
The occupation is now openly threatening a full-scale invasion of Gaza.
For 22 months, the city has been bleeding under relentless bombardment from land, sea, and air.
Tens of thousands have been killed, and hundreds of thousands wounded.

If this madness does not end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.

Please share this message and tag everyone who has the power to help end this massacre. Silence is complicity.

[Dmitry Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE]

Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin.
The world shuddered, expecting the consequences.
Belligerent Europe was disappointed.
Russia didn’t care.

[The Saviour @TheSaviour]

🚨🇮🇳🇵🇰🇺🇸 Just last week, Jackson Hinkle spoke with Pakistani HIGH COMMISSIONER to India Abdul Basit about the KASHMIR FALSE FLAG & why India is threatening WAR on Pakistan

This week, India BANNED Jackson’s show and committed a TERROR ATTACK on Pakistan!

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@gpdkaluma @HonJuliusMigos Good news my mp

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@ZelenskyyUa Stop this nonsense and order your encircled troops in the Kursk region to surrender to the Russian army

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Putin will spare their lives, but they must pay for the atrocities meted on the Russians https://t.co/7Zwi4VeuNI

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇵🇱🇺🇸 USAID FUNDED FOREIGN INTERFERENCE? U.S. TAX DOLLARS HELPED UNDERMINE POLAND’S PiS GOVERNMENT

A Gazeta Polska investigation reveals millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars under Biden were funneled into Polish groups working to undermine PiS and push left-wing policies.

USAID grants allegedly funded activist groups, progressive media, and efforts to silence conservative outlets like TV Republika by pressuring advertisers.

The report also exposes U.S. money backing pro-LGBT activism in schools and campaigns to discredit Poland’s border security policies.

Now, Trump’s move to cut USAID funding has these groups scrambling, exposing foreign influence in Poland’s democracy.

Source: Gazeta Polska

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I now agree with Sergey Lavrov, that what #zelensky says depends on what he smokes and drinks @charliekirk11