We support Kisumu plan, says lobby

A lobby in Kisumu has denied claims it is opposed to plans to modernise the city. Kisumu Informal Settlement Network, which petitioned the Sh4 billion city development plan, said it wants proper procedures followed in the project. Chairman of the lobby Valentine Odhiambo denied claims they are fighting MCA’s. He was speaking to the press at Obunga Resource Center yesterday. Odhiambo said the project, which will involve the demolition of informal settlements to create space for better housing units, is well intended. "We fear that the plan can come and end up similarly like in Kibera where...