A section of elders from Nyamira county believed to have participated in the Second World War in Burma with King African Rifles now want the county government to recognise them.
This comes even as the county government holds Mashujaa Day celebrations at Nyamaiya Stadium in Nyamira South.
Speaking at Nyamaiya on Monday ahead of the Mashujaa Day, Nyamira Freedom Fighters Association chair Kerosi Nyagaka said most of his colleagues were living in deplorable conditions with the national government making unfulfilled promises.
“We served this nation and it’s from the experience we got in the Second World War that we used to fight for independence. We are the neglected few and no one seems to bother about us. The national government only gives us invitations to celebrate the day without giving out something meaningful,” he said.
According to them, the county government should take charge and put them on the payroll since most of them were too old to cater for their expenses.
“Some of us cannot be able to walk here tomorrow (on Tuesday) it’s therefore important that the county government thinks of giving us a monthly token as we enter the final stages of our lives,” he added.
County Secretary Erick Onchana on Monday released a press statement that directed all the freedom fighters and other heroes from the county to liaise with his office for further directives.
“We are aware of a number of our heroes and the economic state. I hereby direct that they are guided to my office for further directives,” read the statement.