Dr Ancent Kituku Nzioka, a doctor by profession and a lecturer at Kenyatta University in the school of medicine from Kawethei in Kangundo will easily clinch the parliamentary seat as they say, early in the morning.
In an interview with the Kenya Free Press, he stated that he wasn't going to quit his medical career but specified that he was capable of juggling the duties perfectly.
He believes there is much that needs to be done for the people of Kangundo and has come out strongly to contest for the seat, currently held by the incumbent Hon Katatha Maweu.
He has identified leadership gaps in Kangundo and has come up with a manifesto dubbed WEALTHY which stands for Water, Education, Agriculture, Leadership and governance, Transport and infrastructure, Health and Youth empowerment.
Under water, he intends to construct a Mega dam in Kangundo to supply water to the residents and the surrounding areas. He plans to sink boreholes and renovate existing ones and most importantly to encourage planting of trees in the constituency to secure the water sources.
The education sector in Kangundo has been hit by poor performance for years. Kituku is compassionate about education and this is why he formed a caucus with other professionals in Kangundo to see how they can improve the quality of education in the county.
They have agreed to reward the best performers in the sub-county, start mentorship programs where they intent to bring in role models at the same time being role models.
He also intents to start culturing institutions where they link up with universities to put up campuses in the region. He believes that bursaries will also boost the level of education in the sub-county and ensure the deserving people benefit.
Scholarships will be availed to students who go to the university level. In agriculture, he plans to support farmers to get returns for their investment. The government set aside Sh1billion to revive coffee farming. He intends to ensure that this money is used appropriately for their right use. He plans to educate farmers on ways to improve farming and start seeing farming as a business.
Under leadership and governance, he wants the people to know their rights. For instance, people think that an MP is doing them a favour by constructing classrooms using the CDF money not knowing that it's their right. He intends to fight corruption in the sub-county and ensure there is good governance.
He wants to work well with other leaders and stakeholders in the area. In transport and infrastructure, he feels that the number of schools in the area is not proportional to the population.
There is need to construct schools which can accommodate the children and ensure there is no congestion. Overpopulation in the existing schools might have been one of the causes of poor performance. In regards to roads, he is willing to partner with the county as well as the national government to improve the state of roads.
Being a professional doctor, he feels very passionate about the health situation. There has been a lot of issues since the health ministry was devolved to the county level. We have seen doctors and nurses go on strike due to lack of salaries.
Working as a legislator will put him at a better place to air the views of the medics that could see this ministry back to the central government. Again, the hospitals in the sub -county are in a poor state and need renovation as well as the mortuary.
They are also not one position to serve many people. They also need to be well equipped. Under youth empowerment, will enable working to support orphans, widows and people with disabilities. It will also involve promoting sports among the youth.
He needs people to start seeing sports and music as a source of income. He has promised to partner with universities to see the needy students get a work-study program to get minimal jobs as they study.
The doctor says he is in the process of mobilising teams in every village to assist him in reaching the electorate. He has managed to distribute textbooks in schools for a period of eight years.
He is also the chairperson of the Board of Management in St Mary's Mukunike secondary school and residents and teachers have observed that the quality of education has improved since he took up that position.
He has been sponsoring teams to tournaments and has bought a team he supports uniform and darts boards. He has also been hosting a health program in a local Fm station. This man, a lecturer, a doctor, a consultant and a semi-missionary at Kijabe has a strategic development plan which will see Kangundo sub-county the best in the region.