Homalites-Homa Bay County Successes

The Best in Africa- Homa Bay County Homabay County, with a population approximated at 1,165,436 (2015) and growing at an average rate of 2%, has the best of features in Africa, and indeed, the developing world. With a human development index (HDI) of 0.902, just between South Korea and Japan, the Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, would be happy to visit, and note that his seminal masterpiece on human capabilities has found home in no other place than Homa Bay County. Homa Bay County is offering its citizens the best a local government can offer, and still have its wake up and go to work. Life expectancy at birth, as an index of population health and longevity of life, is the main pillar of a Homalite. A child born in homabay has a 99/99% chance of surviving birth, and living to the great age of 80 years. The level of health care, nutrition, and fitness exercises as proposed and implemented by the Governors Health and Fitness Office is not only enviable, but practical, and real. All schools have a mandatory fitness program, from pre-primary, running through high school, to universities. Indeed, no school is licensed unless it has a sports field, and three sports coaches. Companies are by law required to post notices about health, as part of their policies, and the city has over 200 gyms, the highest in any city in Africa. The county also has the highest number of doctors per patient, totaling 1 doctor per 500 people that is, higher than Cuba which is the highest in the world at 539 doctors per 100,000. This was made possible by not only having the largest full scale, all specialty hospital, with its own airing, insurance service scheme, and students of a total of 5,000 in all areas of medical practice. This was an investment of USD 15 billion, over a ten year planned period. And this does not address the nutrition centres, and innovations in medicare and technology, including mobile apps for testing over 70% of known diseases, a fully fledged nutrition research centre, partnerships will all leading hospitals in the words, over 5000 visiting doctors from all over the world at any five time, and the best seminars in medicare industry. Homabay also has the largest African industry in size, and production, of alternative medicines from local crops, grown by farmers across East Africa. In homabay county, any child within 5 years is given free and complete medical care, as are all people with terminal illnesses, and all elderly people above 90 years old. The other area of leadership by Homabay is the social services offered to Homalites. Put simply, you reach homabay, and you realise that you are getting a raw deal out of life. There are no street children in any street, no beggars, to be seen, and no malnourished people on the streets. Anyone who cannot fend for himself is housed in the over 300 homes for the old, and orphans are all taken in by foster parents. Children are not put in orphanage homes, but rather, taken in by foster families, who are given a subsidy of USD. 300 per child, per month. However, a family can only have three children at any given time, and hence, foster children are to be in smaller families, since they need more attention. All religious centres must be a given size, and most serve a given location, and hence, the churches, mosques, and other religious centres are conspicuous, large, and all offer social services, including free meals once a week, supported by the county government at a budget of USD. 5,000 per month per religious centre. In return, all religious bodies must have a clear program for youths, women, families, elderly, and disabled, so as to get license for opening a new location. In addition to this, there is a public social hall, with sports ground, swimming pool, and gym, for every 10,000. The access is made cheap, at a card of only USD. 5 per month. The county has 213 libraries, all equipped with audio visual, diabiloty rooms, and conference halls. The county further has county games seasons, as well as over 20 0theatre halls, both themed, and general. The investment only cost USD. 17.5 billion over the last ten years, a planned investment. The other area of envy for Homalites is the education. With 30 universities, 75 colleges, 29 specialized vocational polytechnics, and over 1,000 primary and high schools, seating not more than 30 students per class, the county is the hall mark of learning. And the learning programs are half body, and half brain, with mandatory sessions in arts, sciences and sports for all students in early years, full and revolutionary talent development program for the teens, and a progressive talent match and industrial placement. Homalites have 29 special education centres for all types of disabilities, and specially gifted schools, as well as home schooling programs and guides, 123 talent centres focusing of child prodigies in the four talent areas of music, art, technical, and sports. On the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation, Homabay county has a multi-story incubation complex housing over 1,500 startups, with retained professional lawfirms, accountancy firms, and business strategy firms to help in development of concepts. The innovation hub also houses and runs monthly competitions, as well as a private equity fund, invested in by locals as well as foreigners, and overseen by a team of investors. The County also has the biggest private micro venture capital fund worth USD. 5.7 billion, and focused on investments in the range of USD. 10,000 to USD. 500,000. So far, USD. 3.7 has been invested in the economy, with growth of USD. 17.3 realised in records, as a result of these investments. In the areas of funding for public services, the county relies on the private sector to cater for related services, while setting maximum price limits, and offering oversight boards to all sectors. Security is key, with the county housing two military barracks, a specialized police training barrack, and having a police to citizen ratio of 1:50, with over 500 police patrol cars, and over 120 community policing programs. Further, to protect public welfare, there are no second hand clothes to be found in the Homabay county markets. At first, the leadership frowned on them, and the public wondered why, but the social experience me of building dignity, sense of usefulness, and patriotism, has seen the public sniff, glare, and grow tired of second hand clothing. The homalites are shinning. Maybe this is part of being a Luo, the pride, called Nyadhi, which makes the Luo, Luo! On the area of housing and welfare, the city has refuge centres for anyone who does not have a place to sleep, as well as a provision for all homes to be alteast 2 one bedroomed, and with running water, and flushing toilets. The homes are all planned, and estates areas are marked with types of building to be built, size, levels, and related features. It is this sense of planning as well as security, that has seen Homa bay county host over 17 presidents and former presidents in the past 3 years. Basically, every three months, there is an international visitor, and the HomaHill Couty Hall, with a capacity of holding 500,000 thousand people and used for sports, arts, and political rallies, is one of the most utilized venues of Africa for these events. Homabay is also very multicultural, as well as very nationalistic. All Homalites who were born and bred here get a score of 10% on every application lodged, and as well also get preferential engagement in cases where they do not qualify at all. But this no longer applies since the literacy levels are over 99.9 percent, with every academic institution required to offer over 19 foreign languages, including sign language, and every student expected to study at least one European language, one Asian language, and one African language. On the greening of the county, Homalites breathe the freshest of air. There is roughly one tree per county member, with a running plan to plant 10 million fruit and medicine trees along roads, estate avenues, public compounds, in schools, and other related areas. The city has the most beautiful public park, with sleeping areas, watched by police. The greening effort cost the county USD. 1.2 billion over the last 10 years, and now, there are more trees than humans in Homabay county. Of course one would think that Homalites are getting everything, and hence, are lazy. But survey has shown that the work ethic of Homalites is actually higher, there is higher sense of ethics, higher responsibility, and higher engagement in public service. For instance, Homalites registered the record 93% voter turnout, especially with making of voting be done over registered mobile devices. The people of Homabay County also earn twice as much as other people in the developing world, and 1.5 times as much as fellow Kenyans. Furthe, the Homalites are more productive, indeed, twice more productive than the average European, and 1.25 times as productive as the Israelis. Basically, when you reach Homabay, you want to go big. An average 1 acre of land, under farming, produces an average of USD. 100,000 per year under scientific, and 100% organic farming. The mix of high science learned from Israel, then perfected for pride and productivity, makes Homalites access the cheapest food stuffs. If you are a homalite, and I have left something out, you can add it, and make this your article. We are wealthy. We are happy. We are Homalites. I am a Homalite. E: ojijo@gobighub.com M: +256776100059