A group of youths from Nyamira County have challenged the county government to employ professionals to run the ward development fund which is currently under the supervision of MCAs.
Speaking on Monday at Rioga Secondary, the youths, led by political activist Duke Ogamba, aired their dissatisfaction on the funds being run by the MCAs citing financial impropriety and fraud as a major challenge under the current structure.
Ogamba called upon the Senate to put legislation that could see professionals given opportunity to manage the funds as in the case of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) kitty.
“As youths, we are really worried about the ward development kitty currently under the supervision of the MCAs. This gives them a chance to misappropriate the funds. The county government should consider giving professionals a chance to run the funds,” he said.
He added: “The situation can be controlled better if the Senate comes up with the legislation that could see the kitty supervised by professionals. We cannot trust these MCAs since most of them cannot even legislate on our behalf.”
He said professionals would be able to bring accountability and transparency in the money that is currently disbursed to wards for development in each financial year.
“When you involve professionals in management of these funds, it will be easy to ensure transparency and accountability in managing the money,” he said.