Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi has warned President Uhuru Kenyatta against hijacking the Kilifi Water project.
A day after Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho rubbished claims that Jubilee had funded the Buxton footbridge project in the county, Kingi asked President Kenyatta not to take credit for the water project.
Kingi claimed that Jubilee wants to use the projects to hoodwink Coast residents into vote for them during the upcoming general election.
The outspoken governor said that the World Bank gave the Kilifi Mariakani Water and Sewerage Company (KIMAWASCO) and Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (MAWASCO) funds to initiate the project.
“The project that the President wants to come and launch was conceptualised while I was still the MP for Magarini. MAWASCO wanted to supply bulk of water from Baricho to Magarini and that was when they approached me to help them. We even pumped into the project Sh25 million from the Magarini CDF kitty for a feasibility study,” said Kingi, as quoted by Standard.
President Kenyatta is scheduled to launch the project this week.