One of the cemeteries that the county government had planned to turn into a recreational park. In a newspaper advert last month, City Manager Doris Ombara had called for written memoranda as part of public participation in actualising a new development plan for Kisumu City. “Great men and women of Kisumu who have featured and made remarkable contributions to the growth of the town and the county are buried in these cemeteries,” submitted Khan. Nyong’o described the cemeteries as historical sites that were exempted from demolitions that would affect parts of the lakeside metropolis. Cities all over the world have revered historical, cultural and religious sites and the Muslim Cemetery in Kisumu is one of our historical sites,” said Nyong'o.

Source: Standard Digital July 20, 2020 05:16 UTC