A section of residents from Migosi, Manyatta, Kondele, Nyalenda and Ondiek estates have complained of dying dogs and accused the city management of being responsible for the act.
Speaking to the press through their representatives, the residents said that the city management had launched an on-going exercise which was aimed at eliminating the high number of stray dogs within the town and estates.
Early this year, City Manager Dorris Ombara said that the number of stray dogs in the town and estates had increased prompting the city’s management to launch the killing exercise.
However, the angry residents accused the city management of killing even dogs that were safely confined in compounds.
They lauded the move to kill stray dogs but demanded to be told why even those confined in compounds have to face the poisonous jabs.
Kisumu City Residents’ Voice Association chairman Audi Ogada said that security in the town was getting worse by the day and most residents depended on the animals as a source of protection.
Audi asked the city management to explain to the residents why they had to wake up to find dead dogs.