Rifts have emerged between two Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committees over projects on the border points between Nakuru East and Bahati Constituencies.
Sources have revealed to HiviSasa.com that the conflicts are threatening to create divisions between the two constituencies' Members of Parliament and other leaders following disagreements by the CDF managements over the running of the market under construction in Mawanga Business Centre.
According to Mr Paul Mwangi, a retired police officer and the secretary general of Workers Residents Association, the project is a promising cash cow for local leaders and other stakeholders as they seek to control its funding and resources.
The proposed market along the Nakuru-Moronyo road is ideally located along the border of the two constituencies and has received sponsorships from the two CDFs.
The sources divulged that Workers Progressive Self-help group, a local women group had proposed the construction of the market and got funding from the Bahati CDF after the area Member of Parliament Kimani Ngujiri inspected the proposed site.
The sources added that the group had also approached the Nakuru-East Member of Parliament who also endorsed the funding of the project by the Nakuru-East Constituency Development Fund after inspecting the proposed site and ruled that the spot lied within his area of jurisdiction.
“The bone of contention is not about the location of the market, but its control after completion," he said.
"So far the two MPs have visited the site and claim the market should be controlled by relevant authorities in their constituencies. The project may never be implemented after all," added Mwangi.
Already, Mwangi said, his association is up in arms with the women group for claiming ownership of the market site yet it belongs to the original land owners of the estate.
He said so far the women group has been allocated about Sh2million by the two CDF committees for the project but they cannot account for the money yet construction has stopped following the wrangles that exploded early last month.