Senators and governors have been urged to keep off politics in the ongoing scrapping of CDF debate, and give Kenyans a chance to contribute their views on whether the kitty should be scrapped or reinstated.
Homa-Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has challenged senators and governors to concentrate on matter pertaining devolution at the counties and leave the CDF debate to the Members of the National Assembly and the public to dialogue on the fate of the CDF kitty without external influence from the senators and governors.
Speaking in Kisii town during the CDF Management Board public forum for members of the public from Migori, Kisii, Nyamira and Homa-Bay counties at Kisii Culture hall, Kaluma challenged Kenyans to debate the proposed scrapping of CDF with sobriety and avoid being misled by those who are spearheading a campaign to have CDF kitty dissolved and have the funds channelled to the grassroots through it allocated to the county governments.
"I am challenging senators and governors to execute their constitutional mandates and stop meddling in the constitutional mandate entrusted to the Members of the National Assembly as it will create unwarranted political differences among elected leaders to the detriment of service delivery to the citizens," stated Kaluma
He however, reminded them that, having CDF administration and management under the watch of the MPs will ensure equitable distribution of development across the counties, instead of concentrating all the development funds with the county governments.
On the other hand has raised a red flag over the intended scrapping of the kitty, saying it will disrupt education programmes funded to the detriment of Kenyan children.
He reminded Kenyans that, having the CDF kitty scrapped under their watch will disrupt education projects initiated through the kitty to address infrastructural challenges facing schools in the rural and hardship areas across the country.
"It will be unfortunate if Kenyans will lose CDF kitty courtesy of the new constitutional dispensation in the country, since going that route will affect future generations in many aspects, especially in areas of education infrastructural development,” disclosed Kaluma.