Leaders in Naivasha are calling for investigations into the controversial Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in the area.
The leaders claim the fund has misused the money that was set aside for key projects meant to alleviate suffering among locals.
Led by the Chairman of the Nakuru County Assembly Implementation Committee Mr Simon Wanango, they want officials of the fund arrested once investigations are through.
Wanango said it was a shame to see that the fund has never completed projects that are started yet there is sufficient money allocated to them.
Of keen interest, Wanango said, was the purchase of two school buses last month and which have been parked at the DC’s office. Addressing the press in Naivasha, Wanango said that parents of the two schools never wrote proposals for the purchase of the buses as they had not completed the construction of classrooms.
“That project needs to be investigated as we were told that the two buses were bought at Sh14 million which is way above the normal price that we know,” he said.
The chairman who is also Lake View Ward MCA said since they were elected there has never been a meeting of all leaders to discuss CDF projects.
On his part the Chairman of the Nakuru County Youth Forum Charles Mburu said the CDF is being run illegally.
Mburu said residents would not sit down and watch tax payers’ money being wasted and called for speedy investigations into the projects.
“Why would someone force parents of needy schools to accept buses that they never wanted and yet the money could be enough to construct classrooms and even laboratories for the said schools,” he wondered.
Last month CDF bought the buses meant for Nyonjoro and Kinungi secondary schools in the area. The buses have since been parked at the sub county officer’s office and have not been handed over to the schools.