Elect only Sober MCAs, residents advised

Wilber Ottichilo, Governor of Vihiga County, has advised county people and other Kenyans to pick sober MCAs who understand the function of supervision.

According to Ottichilo, decentralisation has a higher possibility of changing the lives of many Kenyans living in poverty. The main issue, he claims, is the calibre of MCAs chosen.

“Not all of them are bad but the majority have made governors their prisoner,” Ottichilo. 

Ottichilo said Vihiga County could have been on another level in terms of development but MCAs who were elected have been frustrating him and blocking some of his development programmes.

“It’s unfortunate that our laws are in a way that the governor is at the mercy of MCAs and they have made us their hostage,” Ottichilo said.

He said governors in offices currently are there to comply with MCAs demands, if not that they risk losing their jobs via impeachment motions.

“Any policy you come up with and you want it to be passed on the floor, you must provide handouts first if not it’s shot down,” he added.

He said any county with sober-minded MCAs is better compared to Vihiga County, where MCAs only front their interests.

“As we move to the next election, don’t underrate the MCAs positions at any cost,” he appealed.

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