Residents of Borabu constituency have accused members of parliament from Nyamira County of distancing themselves from county leadership but instead engaging themselves in endless wars with Governor John Nyagarama’s leadership.
Speaking on Monday at Mekenene village during the burial of a freedom fighter, Francis Nyambati, they urged the five members of parliament from Nyamira and Senator Mong’are Bwokong’o to ensure they participated in matters development in the county and criticise where necessary.
According to them, their continued absence from matters development in the region was giving the county leadership time to embezzle funds meant for development.
“Our members of parliament should ensure they work closely with the county government in a bid to bring constructive development ideas in our county. They have a responsibility of putting the county leadership on toes and criticise where necessary,” said Mr Arnold Ondimu.
They said many elected leaders were learning similar projects hence giving loopholes for grand corruption and embezzlement of public funds by contractors and the leaders themselves.
"They do not meet often to discuss priorities and some of them end up allocating money for similar projects. Time has come for our leaders to avoid this in a bid to curb corruption which is really escalating from contracts being given,” added Mr Joash Sese.
MPs Alice Chae (women representative), Timothy Bosire (Kitutu Masaba), Charles Geni (North Mugirango), Ben Momanyi (Borabu) James Gesami (West Mugirango) and Senator Mong’are Bwokong’o are said to be critical of Governor Nyagarama’s leadership, allegedly making development to stall in most regions.