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The Kisumu County government has announced plans to unveil drone technology in drug supply.

The administration intends to use drones to supply drugs, especially to flood-prone areas, which are not accessible by roads.

Deputy Governor Mathews Owili revealed that they had procured the services of an investor proficient in the use of drone technology to be deployed to supply the drugs in record time.

This will be the first time such modern technology will be used to supply drugs to the affected families within their respective areas of abode.

Through the technology, drugs will be administered by various health officials deployed or working within the identified vulnerable communities.

“We are going to be the first county in Nyanza to use drones to supply drugs to far-flung areas cut off by floods,” Owili said during the 59th Jamhuri Day celebrations at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds yesterday.

Owili disclosed that the county government was keen on supplying more water to households and communities. So far, he said some 243 water boreholes have been drilled spread across the 35 wards.

But Owili decried, the high cost of energy, which was still a major hindrance to the small and medium-sized enterprises in Kisumu County.

“Today, of Sh2,000 spent on payment of power bill, 65 per cent goes into taxes. This shows how the cost of energy is costly to our people,” he asserted

Owili asked the national government to rethink quick solutions of addressing the high cost of energy.

This is because the cost of energy had a ripple effect on the month-on-month inflation, which in turn had affected several,  households, feeling the scorching heat of the bubbling economy.

On the issue of the Hustler Fund, the deputy governor told business people, more so the unemployed youth to take the money, however small it was.

“ Don’t shy from taking the money and other people are taking it and gaining credit points to access more yet we all pay taxes and are entitled to the money,” he said.

Further, Owili told the youth to also inculcate a culture of frugality and save more from their earnings. On the fisheries sector, Owili disclosed that they were happy with the Sh2.5 billion Kabonyo Kanyagwal fisheries project.