Nyamira County Senator Okong’o Omogeni has decried poor state of ECDE classrooms in the area and blamed Governor Amos Nyaribo for the messing up the centres saying that he uses much time in divisive politics at the expense of development.
The Senator who spoke in Nyamira town, pointed out the dilapidated class rooms at Riomego Nyakaranga and Itibo,in Mekenene Ward as the best examples of schools that lack ECDE classrooms among many others in the county.
“These schools have poor classrooms or none for our tender children who also don’t have proper pit latrines to use,” he said.
Omogeni added that young children are mainly attracted to beautiful physical objects, he therefore asked Governor Nyaribo to avoid missing priorities in development by incorporating other leaders in the important development decisions making.
“The county cannot be built by one man alone that is why I appeal to the Governor to be a team player by uniting his Members of the County Assembly for quick development of our Country.” He said
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He stated that his main work as a senator is to provide oversight on the general development of the county and give appropriate advice and feedback to the public, he asked the County Government to focus on long term beneficial development programmes and blamed the governor over buying tractors to maintain murram roads which keep on deteriorating instead of building long lasting bituminous ones.
However on responding to the accusations, Nyaribo denied, though stated that Rome was not built in one day and mentioned the great strides the county has made in the improvement of Early Childhood education development sector.
He said that his government has employed and confirmed more than 450 ECDE teachers in the last two years and cited the recently launched programme of providing fortified porridge to every child in the ECDE level in the county.
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He further said that the country signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with Enabling Impact through Digital Understanding (AIDU)to enrich ECDE learners’ literacy.
“This is a Non-Governmental Organization that will equip our children with digital skills to enable them to be critical thinkers and innovators for the future economic wellbeing of our county,” he said.
Nyaribo further confirmed that his government has accomplished partnership agreement with Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET) whose expertise will promote nutrition among children for proper cognitive and mental development in their Early school years.
The Governor appealed to all residents of Nyamira to unite for the common progress of the region by engaging more of their time in development rather than in rhetoric.
By Enock Okong’o.
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