New era of thoughts

By
Winnie Mireri,
Interim secretary, Homabay County Youth Alliance.

We the youths of Homabay County have come to realize that we have so many resources, so much potential and very intellectuals that can make the county a success and be an example to the rest of the country. These resources have been of fundamental importance though we find that in the past years they have been mismanaged or neglected as if they never existed hence affecting climate change.
Homabay county is a very beautiful county consisting of different attractive sceneries such as the beautiful Lake Victoria, Lake Simbi, Ruma National Park including so many hills that attract tourists. We also have beautiful birds such as flamingoes and pelicans. We are also privileged to be participating in agribusiness which has been a source of income.
Because of the shortcomings we have seen in the management of our resources, we have decided that we as the youths are not going to watch our county deteriorate. For this reason, we have decided to create the group known as Homabay County Youth Alliance in order to help us save our county from ‘dying.’
This group was formed on the 4^th of October 2013 at a seminar with the Kenya Young Greens at Staridge hotel in Homabay town. We really appreciate the help and support of the leaders of Kenya Young Green such as Ann Bulimu, Lance Orwa, Meshak Koballa and Eston Nyakiya. Our great gratitude goes to the consultant Peter K’ochupe who was of great help to the group throughout the entire training. To our guests, Hon. Dorothy  Atieno Okello, minister for tourism, culture and sports, her colleague and Mr.Kennedy Ongeko, the county Transition Co-ordinator, thank you for coming and we hope you will help us achieve our dream.
Finally, the interim committee would like to thank everyone who proposed for their leadership and we are glad for seeing the potential in us. We would like to encourage each and every individual who took part in this to work hard for its success. Let us empower the youth because we are the light of our generation and may we also encourage others to join us in the campaign for a better Homabay county. May God bless you all. CHEERS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!!!!!!!!