Molo Member of Parliament Jacob Macharia has denied claims that his Constituents are infested with jiggers.
This follows media reports on the successful jigger campaign in Molo by Ahadi Kenya.
According to an update on his face book page Macharia refuted the presence of jiggers in Molo accusing the media of presenting the wrong reports.
The status which was updated on Sunday morning in his timeline denied that Molo Constituency is infested with jiggers.
“Following various press reports on an anti jigger campaign in Molo constituency, I think it's time to clarify to the nation and to the world that Molo constituency is not a jigger infested region. We may be underdeveloped even poor and we may walk barefoot but we are not jigger infested. We are a proud people working hard to improve our destiny and we welcome all strategic partners to help us attain our out most potential,” read part of the update.
However, Ndungu Nyoro, one of the brains behind the initiative said that the reaction was uncalled for.
“Even if there were jiggers in Molo, there's no crime in establishing mechanisms of eradicating them. Besides the publicly known jigger campaign, Ahadi Trust actively promotes economic empowerment, hygienic lifestyles and girl/boy child education. When they tour a specific area, they look into all these issues,” said Nyoro.
Nyoro cited that when Ahadi Kenya CEO Dr Kamau and former Miss Kenya Cecilia Mwangi graced the function in Molo a week ago, they donated 2400 pairs of shoes at Mona Primary School and 2000 pairs of shoes at Matumaini area for elderly people.
They also gave capital for income generating projects in the area. They also promised to revisit Mona for similar funding of income generating projects.