Fafi Member of County Assembly (MCA) Hassan Halane has admitted that some MCAs draw salaries to do absolutely nothing.
Speaking at Alinjugur in Garissa last week when the area Member of Parliament Abdikarim Osman was disbursing bursaries, the vocal MCA stated that they were not in a position to offer any help to the electorate.
”You elected us so that we can only draw salaries and take care of our families and sometimes chip in to assist you [the electorate] financially. Otherwise, there is nothing we can do for you people.
“You think we have something to do for you, we cannot even influence the recruitment of people in the county government. We must tell you the truth, MCAs are doing absolutely nothing in the assembly,” he remarked.
He maintained that they should not be blamed for under development in the county.
Instead, he declared that the county government should be blamed for failing to implement meaningful development projects for the residents.
The MCA insisted there was need to empower the assemblies for them to execute their mandate effectively.
His Bura counterpart Abdullahi Omar added that the MCAs do not have resources that can benefit voters.
However, according to Activist Halima Mohamed, she was not surprised by the remarks made by the MCAs whom she accused of letting residents down.
”It is like the MCAs forget what they were elected to do. Such utterances only serve to show their level of ignorance and failure,” she retorted.
