A Member of County Assembly (MCA) in Muranga is going an extra mile to ensure his subjects have a good road network.
The Ichagaki Ward Rep Charles Mwangi Ng’ang’a, has now opted to use his personal money to repair a road which is almost impassable after the national government failed to repair it.
Speaking when he presided over the road repair exercise near Maragua town, the MCA claimed that Deputy President William Ruto had promised to ensure the road was repaired last year but that had not happened yet, Daily Nation reports.
“In December last year, the Deputy President was at Gakoigo for a fundraiser and he promised locals that the four-kilometre stretch would be tarmacked afresh by January 1 but that has never been actualised. I think the remarks were only meant to excite locals who now think their leaders have either diverted the funds meant to construct the roads or are not interested in following up on the promise,” Ng’ang’a stated, as quoted by Daily Nation.
The ward rep noted that this was not his first time he has been forced to use his monthly salary to repair roads in his ward.
“This is the second time I’m using part of my salary to repair the road. For the two times I have sponsored the temporary repair I have used close to Sh400,000 since locals have consistently cried to me over the road which I also use while going home,” he noted.