Two Ukambani MPs have cried foul over the recent state appointments made by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The MPs led by Mwingi West Charles Nguna claims that the Kamba community was sidelined in the appointments.
Speaking in Mwingi Town on Monday, Nguna accused President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government of allegedly treating the Kamba community as second-class citizens.
He said that the community has every equal right to be awarded state appointments.
“We are aggrieved that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government ignorantly sidelined us in the recent state appointments,” he said.
Nguna said that the community deserves recognition, adding that they will fight for inclusion.
“It is unfair for the Jubilee government to sideline us on state appointments and we will demand our inclusion,” Kitui Women Representative Irene Kasalu said.
Kasalu said that Kambas have been treated as a lesser community for many years.
She said that exclusion of Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka in the unity deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM party leader Raila Odinga could be the reason for their exclusion from state appointments.
Kasalu asked Kamba leaders to stand up and fight for the community's inclusion in top leadership.
Last week President Kenyatta made various state appointments awarding state jobs to the majority of election losers in last year’s election.
Several people allied to opposition leader Raila Odinga also benefitted from the appointments in what political analysts say was as a result of the March 9 handshake between Odinga and President Kenyatta.