Kisumu residents are set to benefit from free counseling services beginning June this year.
Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga said that the county government is set to employ trained and qualified counselors to offer free counseling services to the residents.
According to Odinga, the counselors will be given more training by the Agape Counselling and training centre, before further training by a Nairobi-based counseling organization.
The Deputy County chief said that the move is aimed at reducing the cases of conflicts in work places and even at homes.
“We are a society full of conflicts starting from our homes, to our work places and even in social places such as schools and churches and this is why we are coming up with the move to employ and deploy counselors to all these places.
We will also set up an office for the County Counseling Services where our residents can easily access their services,” she said.
Odinga added that the counseling offices will be set up in all the seven sub-counties to enhance service delivery to the locals.
She was speaking to our reporter of Tuesday, where she insisted that the move is aimed at improving peace and unity in the county by reducing the cases of conflicts.