Political Peace: Gachagua Unites Kiambu Governor and MCAs
Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi can now rest in peace, as MCAs abandoned their effort to impeach him in an agreement brokered by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Monday.
Wamatangi, who was present at the eight-hour meeting conducted on Monday at the residence of the DP in Karen, committed to creating a Ward Development Fund of Sh600 million for the MCAs.
Additionally, the governor stated that permitting the MCAs to execute countywide development initiatives would not be an issue.
A concern that ward representatives had expressed pertained to the formation and administration of the Fund.
Furthermore, they claimed that their contributions were being neglected in the distribution of bursaries.
“I have no problem in establishing the County Ward Development Fund in Kiambu County. We shall enact it immediately, with the House (County Assembly). We will give the MCAS the latitude to select priority projects. This will be Sh10 million per ward, totaling Sh600 million out of the Sh2.8 billion development budget,” Wamatangi said.
His further statement was:
“I will also give MCAs latitude to choose projects of priority within their wards. From the kitty each of the 60 electoral Wards will get Sh10 million from the development budget”.
The Deputy President held separate hearings with the 86 MCAs, county MPs, the senator, and the governor before convening a joint meeting to declare the results.
The leadership impasse was resolved by the Deputy President after the MCAs’ threat to impeach Governor Wamatangi last week on account of a range of allegations.
“We are committed to the development of Kiambu county. President William Ruto asked me to have a sitting with you to find out what is ailing Kiambu for a solution,” said the Deputy President.
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Since complementarity is necessary for serving the people, he urged the leaders to find a method to collaborate rather than individualize leadership.
“It does not look good for our backyard when leaders are fighting and we are saying that we are uniting the country. It does not look good when we are asking those who did not vote for us to join us and we are fighting. We campaigned together as one cohesive team. I don’t know what has happened in one year that there are squabbles and exchange of words between leaders. We are together by a desire to work for the people. The people who voted for you are the same ones that voted for us,” he continued.
Gachagua noted that Kiambu has not benefited from the devolved system of governance since its inception in 2013 due to leadership disputes between successive governors and MCAs.
He stated that the national government would collaborate with the governor and the MCAs on a variety of projects, including the construction of modern trading markets, to break the impasse.
“Listening to you all, the issues are solvable. We are not in great danger. I am in charge of intergovernmental relations. The President (President William Ruto) and I are against impeachments; they are not tidy; they are not necessary. We cannot allow Kiambu County to go wrong as we watch,” the Deputy President said.
Political Peace: Gachagua Unites Kiambu Governor and MCAs
