Kisii County government needs to channel the old people’s kitty through the MCAs if at all the kitty is meant to have meaningful contribution, a Kisii MCA has said.
Speaking on Thursday in his Sameta ward, Evans Siko said the kitty should be channeled through the offices of all 45 elected MCAs in a bid to make it tangible and subsequently benefit the old people.
He said the MCAs were in a position to identify the genuine beneficiaries since they come from the rural areas and the move will curb unscrupulous brokers from defrauding the government.
“I first want to laud the county government for investing in the old aged. The move is very important but I am not really pleased with the channels used to disburse the funds from the county headquarters. The money should be channeled through MCAs before they are best suited to identify genuine beneficiaries,” he said.
Mr Siko defended critics from labelling members of county assembly as ‘corrupt’ besides promising to some leadership in helping the old in the society.
“They are always with us and we really love them. It is improper to term MCAs as corrupt. Our work is to oversight and I want to ensure that the old (people) benefit from the funds and not ghosts,” he said.
The move might elicit controversy since the attempts to hand over the kitty to the MCAs was opposed by a section of county residents who asked Governor James Ongwae to hand the Sh100 million kitty to professionals selected from every ward.