Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o is under pressure from ODM Kisumu branch after his administration recently indicated that deceased Jaramogi Oginga Odinga's family has defaulted on land rates payment.
A task-force appointed by the Kisumu Governor on Friday last week released a list of over 580 individuals who reportedly owe the county billions of shillings in unpaid land rates.
Among the iconic figures alleged to owe the county, millions of shillings in land rates was departed opposition figure Jaramogi Oginga Odinga -- father to opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The Kisumu Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) committee now wants Nyong'o to sack Kisumu County Secretary Dr Olang’o Onudi who has defended the list.
Vice Chairman Kennedy Okello Ajwang on Wednesday gave Nyong’o a 24-hour ultimatum to sack Onudi for linking the Odinga's to default land rates payment in the county.
Nyong'o has since apologised saying that the Odinga's were erroneously mentioned in the list.
‘’Hiyo ripoti ilikuwa na makosa. Hawa watu lazima wajue wanafanya nini kazini. Hiki ndicho kinachofuata watu wanapofanya kazi bila kuelewa wanachofaa kukifanya. (The report was erroneoous. People must understand what their work is. This is what happens when we have uninformed persons in an organisation),’’ Nyong'o said on Radio Citizen Wednesday morning.
However, ODM wants him to as well trace and act on the county official who approved the release of the funds used in airing the report in an advert.
Speaking to Radio Ramogi, Ajwang said that Sh2.5 million was used in the advert and is now warning that they will hold peaceful demos in Kisumu on Friday should the governor fail to act.
The report indicated that Oginga owes the county Sh7.7 million for his land in Kisumu, and his eldest son and former Bondo lawmaker Oburu Oginga accused of owing the county a further Sh295.