Trans Nzoia: MP Kakai Bisau Raises Concerns over Increased Hooliganism in the County
- Kiminini Member of Parliament Maurice Kakai Bisau is concerned over the high cases of hooliganism being witnessed in Trans Nzoia county
- The legislator explained how the cases are likely to affect the growth of the highly cosmopolitan county
- His concern came barely a week after rowdy youth disrupted a food distribution exercise that was being led by woman rep, Lilian Siyoi
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Kiminini constituency Member of Parliament Maurice Kakai Bisau has expressed concerns over what he termed as an increase in cases of hooliganism in Trans Nzoia county.
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Speaking to the press on Tuesday, July 22, after handing over a KSh 500,000 cheque to members of Kiminini Boda Boda SACCO, Bisau warned that continued hooliganism cases would scare away investors from the county.
The vocal lawmaker urged political leaders in the cosmopolitan county to shun the use of goons to cause chaos in political rallies and burials.
He termed the use of such tactics by leaders as ‘dirty politics’.
"We do not do this because of politics. Rather, we do this because I want my people to live better lives. Our colleagues will wait until the electioneering period so that they dish out some cash in the name of empowerment," Bisau said.
The legislator who is serving his first term in office also urged Trans Nzoia youth to ignore selfish politicians who take advantage of them to advance their divisive agendas.
He, however, noted that a majority of the young people in the country can no longer be easily lured into divisive politics as it has been in the past.
"I am glad that our youths are now informed and cannot accept being exploited by political leaders to heckle other leaders and even cause chaos," the legislator noted.
Hooliganism cases in Trans Nzoia
His sentiments come barely a day after rowdy youths were spotted at Trans Nzoia county headquarters in Kitale town. One of the police officers manning the offices had to shoot in the air to disperse them.
The daring young men caused a traffic jam along the busy Moi-Avenue street.
Another incident was also reported last week when hooligans disrupted Trans Nzoia rounty woman representative Lilian Chebet Siyoi’s food distribution initiative at Kapsitwet area in Kwanza constituency.
Meanwhile, the Kenya Kwanza government-allied legislator said over 4,200 women in the constituency recently received seed capital following the recent empowerment initiative that he hosted.
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He further said boda boda operators and other members of the SACCO from the constituency will soon be able to get deposits for new motorcycles.
"We request all the beneficiaries of this empowerment initiative to learn and exercise the culture of savings and investment. In the near future, we want to see them grow so that they can run petrol stations and be landlords," he stated.
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Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
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Joshua Cheloti (Editorial assistant) Joshua Cheloti is a multi-skilled journalist with over 5 years of experience in the media industry. He holds a Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media and Communication at Mount Kenya University. At TUKO, he's an editorial assistant. Before TUKO, he worked at Nairobi Review as an editorial writer, at Hope Media (Hope TV and Hope FM) as a correspondent in Eldoret, Hivisasa.com digital content editor and online writer, at Biblia Husema Broadcasting (BHB), Eldoret as Radio Presenter. Email: Joshua.cheloti@tuko.co.ke
Emanuel Tarus I am professional multi-media journalist with eight years experience as a field-based correspondent. Integrity, objectivity and adherence to ethical standards are my guiding principles in journalism. I am based in Trans Nzoia county and very passionate about gender, crime, environment and climate change reporting. I am also interested in health, human interest, development, leadership and governance beats. In the future, I would like to specialize in diplomacy and geopolitics reporting to expand my reporting scope.
