A section of Kitui Rural constituency residents has criticized MP David Mwalika for allegedly awarding a college student a Sh91, 000 CDF bursary while rest were given Sh5, 000 each.
Sources revealed that cheque number 4732 for Sh. 91,000 was awarded to one Ziyad on May 31, 2018 to show the disbursement.
The cheque, which was signed by Salim Hussein, the fund account manager, was given to a student at Kenya Water Institute (KEWI), Kitui Campus.
It is alleged that the student has an affair with the lawmaker. The legislator has, however, dismissed the claims terming them as baseless.
“That person was not on the list of beneficiaries. Someone deliberately wrote the cheque for unknown reasons,” Mwalika said in a text message.
He also said that awarding such an amount of money is illegal and against the will of his people.
“Investigations are ongoing since we want to know what actually happened. Payment of the cheque was stopped.”
The residents have said that they are not happy with the lawmaker rewarding people with money belonging to the public in order to win their favor at the end of the day.
“It is queer for the MP and his staff to entertain and reward people with public money. His failure to act on this matter clearly shows he is the wrong person to be in charge of the CDF,” noted a bitter Eugene Mwangangi, a constituent.