By Samson Wire
SIAYA HOLDS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON DRAFT CFSP 2027/28 FOR NORTH UGENYA
In accordance with the Public Finance Management Act 2012 and the County Government Act 2012, the County Government of Siaya, through the Department of Finance and Economic Planning, conducted a people-driven public participation exercise.
The forum, held at Udira Kamrembo in North Ugenya Ward, sought residents’ views on the proposed County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) for 2027/28, in line with the Constitution.
North Ugenya Ward Administrator Samuel Oketch updated residents on projects for the 2025/26 financial year, noting that most had been completed. Residents observed that the Onjoro road in Jera, Ulukwe in Sega Ywaya, and Udaria in Nyamsenda remain incomplete, while some executive projects in Nyamsenda and Got Nanga are ongoing.
Residents also reviewed 2026/27 projects, the majority of which fall under Governor James Orengo’s Nyalore administration infrastructure programme. These include works at Urenga Hospital and Ukwala, the proposed repair and maintenance of seven solar-powered boreholes, completion of a 5 km section of the Koga road, solar power installations valued at KSh 1.2 million, and the drilling and equipping of solar-powered systems at Ulure village and Lela.
For the 2027/28 financial year, residents proposed the following priority projects:
Jera Sub-location: Drilling and equipping of the Mauna water project (KSh 3.5 million) and fruit tree planting (KSh 1.3 million).
Nyamsenda Sub-location: Construction of a maternity wing at Nyamsenda Dispensary together with solarisation and backup power (KSh 4.8 million).
Ligala Sub-location: Construction and equipping of Ligala Dispensary and maternity wing (KSh 2.4 million), plus road maintenance, murraming, compacting and culvert installation (KSh 2.4 million).
Sega Sub-location: Opening, grading and murraming of Sega TTI–Orano–Odipo road, (2 km, KSh 2.5 million) and grading and murraming of the Sega–Ugambe–Ugero–Usula road (KSh 2.3 million).
Kagunya Sub-location: Opening, grading and murraming of the Kakum–Punda–Otwara road (1.5 km, KSh 2.5 million); fencing of Obwogre Dispensary with two gates (KSh 1.5 million) and equipping of its maternity wing; and equipping of Kasunya ECD centre (KSh 1 million).
Residents further recommended that, before any ward-based projects begin, there should be strict adherence to Project Management Committees and the requirements of Bills of Quantities (BOQs).
Also present at the public participation forum at Udira Kamrembo were partners including Ward Climate Change representatives, DACA (working on devolution and climate change adaptation), and Matibabu Foundation. Similar public participation exercises were held the same day in Gem, Bondo, Alego Usonga, Rarieda and Ugunja.
