Residents of Bobasi constituency in Kisii County have accused their area MP of allegedly segregating perceived opposition areas in bursary allocation and other development related activities.
On Monday, during a burial ceremony at Nyangusu Township, the residents accused Stephen Manoti of discriminating students from regions where he faced stiff competition during the 2013 polls.
They faulted the Ford People legislator for mixing politics with development, urging him to serve all residents without prejudices or bias.
“A Member of Parliament represents a constituency and not a group of people. It is therefore wrong for someone to target innocent children on grounds that their parents never voted for him. Elections were done long time ago and this is the time for us to engage in reasonable development,” said Michael Moguche.
According to them, the MP allegedly instructed CDF committee members to carefully identify the area where the applicant came from before checking ‘on the support’ he received from the area.
“The move was well orchestrated by the MP because we have evidence that he carefully investigated the regions where applicants came from. This is why many children from Nyangusu and the surroundings received little or no bursary, and this is unfair,” added Clifford Ondimu.
However, the MP, through his Personal Aide Philip Ominde dismissed the claims calling them cheap propaganda that was well stage managed by his opponents to taint the image of the MP.
“This is untrue, and whoever wants to get the correct figures can go to the CDF offices. Bursaries were allocated according to vulnerability of the applicants and therefore these are just politics,” he said.