Leaders from Borabu constituency have urged residents in every village to ensure they remit monthly payments in village welfares that are meant for supporting social welfares such as funerals.
This comes days after residents were reportedly said to have denied participating in funeral arrangements for two families earlier this month for allegedly failing to comply with remitting of Sh150 per month for such activities.
But on Monday, leader after leader asked residents to support social groups in the region to avert situations where they keep on calling for 'harambees' to settle mortuary and hospital bills.
“Social or community groups for the support of funerals were started by our forefathers and therefore nobody should go against them. They help us to handle funeral situations by reducing the expenses incurred to a particular family,” said former Mekenene councillor Kaka Nyakundi.
The leaders promised to hold a fundraiser that will be used to purchase tents and chairs that will be used during such functions besides being hired to generate income.
“We are ready to conduct a harambee by the end of July but you have to contribute towards such schemes for the purpose of purchasing tents and chairs that can also be used for hire,” added area MCA Alfayo Mwongeresa.
They asked community leaders to crack a whip on errant community members who have been defaulting paying.
“I call upon all residents to pay towards supporting the community schemes and those who fail to act should be dealt with by organisers,” he added.