Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu accused politicians allied to Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party of trying to frustrate her.
Ngilu alleged that some Wiper MPs and MCAs were practicing partisan politics in the assembly and conspiring to block her memorandum on various legislation.
Speaking at Gai Mixed Secondary School in Mwingi North in Kalonzo's presence, Ngilu asked the Wiper leader to tame his 'antagonising party brigade' against witch-hunts and a malicious campaign aimed at denting her five-pillar development plan focused on water and food security, good health care for all, education and youth empowerment, women empowerment and wealth creation.
Ngilu reminded Kalonzo how she had rallied her Narc party supporters to back the National Super Alliance’s presidential bid in last year’s General Election where the Wiper leader was the running mate and added that she expected respect from his party leaders.
[caption caption="Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka with Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu and other leaders during a fundraiser"]
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“Let it be clear that if the mistrust continues, I will retreat and seek other remedies. For one, I will bypass the leaders, particularly the MCAs, and reach out directly to the electorate to tell them who is derailing development in their respective wards and constituencies,” Ngilu stated.
While speaking at Kabati in Kitui West when she launched the second polio vaccination campaign, the Kitui Governor warned that she was getting impatient with the lawmakers.
The Narc leader told the MCAs they were not doing her any favours by approving budgetary allocations, adding that prioritizing the funds would ensure that the county’s development agenda was implemented to change residents' lives.
The governor noted there was confusion in the county assembly due to some Wiper MCAs who aimed to derail her service delivery agenda geared to transforming the livelihoods of residents.
She, however, affirmed she would not be cowed, intimidated or scared by disgruntled and dishonest leaders whose intention was to blackmail and arm-twist her into submitting to their vested interests to suit their personal and political egos.
[caption caption="Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu"]
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“You know me, don’t you? It is either the leaders work with me in leading a government that is geared to help the county to rise from poverty, neglect and hopelessness and write a new chapter in people’s lives, or I raise the red flag and move forward with only those who can accommodate me,” the governor remarked.
Ngilu called on Mwingi North MP Paul Nzengu and his Mwingi West counterpart, Charles Nguna, to join in her resolve to uplift the socio-economic welfare of residents.
She further noted that her administration would roll out subsidised universal health insurance in which each household would only pay Ksh1,000 annually to get access to free medical care.
