Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya speaks during function to mark the enactment of a law on maternal child health and family planning at Golf Hotel, November 16, 2017. [Photo|CGKK]Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya has pledged to lift the county to ensure development by 2022 when his tenure will end, with a clear focus on poverty eradication and more investments to improve health services.Speaking during a function to mark the enactment of a law on maternal child health and family planning at Golf Hotel, he said plans were underway to introduce a Micro Financing Bill to pave way for cheap credit to vulnerable citizens particularly those residing in villages. He added that a cancer centre will be established at Kakamega Teaching and Referral Hospital to provide specialised treatment and alleviate the suffering of many victims from the county where the disease appears to be prevalent.The function was also attended by the Swedish Ambassador to Kenya, Anna Jardfelt and the UNICEF Country Director, Werner Schultink, the partners supporting OparanyaCare Programme, as well as Vihiga Governor Wilberforce Otichilo, Kisumu Deputy Governor Mathews Owili, Kakamega Deputy Governor Prof Philip Kutima, a representative from Siaya County and several Kakamega County MCAs.

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