Kitui Governor-elect Charity Ngilu. [Photo/zipo.co.ke]
Kitui Governor-elect Charity Ngilu is the second politician to reject inauguration ceremony budget.
Ngilu said the Sh6 million set aside for the event could be diverted to other activities to benefit the locals.
She said she only needed a Bible to the venue of her inauguration into office.
The former cabinet secretary told the team planning her inauguration that it makes no sense to use that amount of money on a one-day event while thousands of people are suffering due to water scarcity.
“All we need on that day is the Bible and venue and it certainly does not cost Sh6 million. Let us be sensitive to the poor in all our actions,” she said on Tuesday, as quoted by The Nation.
This comes a day after Nairobi governor-elect Mike Sonko rejected a Sh25 million budget for inauguration ceremony.
Sonko said the money should instead be used to pay county staff, who had threatened to down their tools over salary dues.