Homa Bay leaders join national government official at fundraiser event
Interior and National Administration Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo was photographed alongside Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga and Homa Bay Senator Moses Kajwang’ at a fundraising event, according to a social media post on facebook.com. The image, captioned by the originating page, shows the three officials standing together during the function, which the post did not specify further.
Homa Bay County, situated on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, is one of the country’s 47 devolved units. The county is administered by Governor Wanga, who was elected in 2022 on an ODM ticket, while Senator Kajwang’ represents the county in the upper house of Parliament in Nairobi. Both have been prominent figures in the region’s political landscape for several years.
Raymond Omollo serves as the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration within the Ministry of Interior. The position places him among the senior civil servants responsible for coordinating national government functions at the county level, including security operations and the administration of national programmes in the devolved system.
Fundraising events, often known locally as harambees, are a long-standing feature of Kenyan social and political life. They are commonly organised to pool resources for community projects such as school construction, church buildings, medical bills, or bursaries for students, and frequently draw attendance from elected leaders and senior government officials.
The originating post on facebook.com did not indicate the specific cause for which the fundraiser was held or the amount mobilised.
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