Kilifi
senator Stewart Madzayo has accused Governor Amason Kingi and his government of
entertaining corruption and running the affairs of the county in a backstreet
manner causing loss of millions of shillings meant for development.
Madzayo
who is a former Industrial Court judge wants the Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission headed by Mumo Matemu to investigate the allegations and take
decisive action against Kilifi county officials who are allegedly mismanaging
public funds with impunity.
“Corruption
at Kilifi county government has reached levels that we can no longer keep quiet
about. Every corner you look at, it is corruption. Citizens are complaining of
lack of services yet a few individuals are scheming everyday on how to steal
from them. This is unacceptable,” said Madzayo in a terse statement.
The
senator wondered why top Kilifi county officials who have been implicated in
corruption were yet to be charged in court in connection with the controversial
purchase of governor’s official residence and the supply of second hand motor
vehicles to the county government months after they were summoned to record
statements.
Months
back, Governor Kingi was summoned to EACC offices in Mombasa to be grilled in
connection with the controversial purchase of the governor’s house in Kilifi
town which was said to have cost a whopping Sh140 million, a figure real estate
experts are disputing, saying there is no house in Kilifi that costs that much.
The
EACC sleuths were also said to have been interested in establishing claims that
the county government vehicles were bought second hand but supplied to the
county at a cost of brand new ones. The supplier of the said vehicles, it is
claimed, is a close relative to a top county official.
On
top of this, it is further claimed that contractors were being single sourced
for purposes of ensuring kickbacks are duly paid and the public service board
headed by former Kenya Ports Authority MD James Mulewa was allegedly selling
positions of employment to the highest bidder.
Madzayo
says it is high time Kingi was forced to resign to save the county from
mismanagement. He says the trend is worrying and almost everyone is complaining
of bad governance.
“How
can we continue like this if the majority are not seeing or experiencing the
benefits of devolution? This cartel must be told enough is enough,” the senator
retorted.
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