Yala turning into a ghost town
THE STANDARD NYANZA A picture of Yala town in Siaya County in a picture taken on July 18, 2020. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard) The once vibrant Yala town is now in the doldrums after the closure of Odera Akang’o College campus that gave it a lifeline. When the campus that was a constituent college of Moi University was shut in 2019, the livelihoods of more than 50,000 people was affected. The town, situated along Kisumu-Busia highway in Gem Sub-county, suffered as a result of closed businesses, deserted restaurants and vacant rental houses. Business people and residents now say the ...
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