President William Ruto has promised to reward a former Member of the County Assembly in Nyandarua county who had previously claimed to be the Lands Cabinet Secretary handpicked by the Kenya Kwanza government.
Speaking during an interdenominational church service at Wanjohi Primary School grounds in Kipipiri, Nyandarua County on Sunday, December 11, the president affirmed that the MCA had prepared a ceremony to celebrate the announcement.
However, Ruto noted that Njeru's efforts would not go unnoticed as he would gift him a token of appreciation.
"I heard that there is someone who was a former MCA around here called Zacharia Njeru, I heard that he prepared a thanksgiving ceremony in his home.
"However, I will get him something," the president indicated
According to the president, he will ensure that he rewards the former MCA so that the thanksgiving celebrations he held when the names of the CSs were announced by the president do not go in vain.
"However, this is the real Zachary Njeru, the CS from Nakuru county," the president finished off before welcoming the businessman whom he appointed as Lands CS in his government.
With President Ruto taking up the matter and promising to reward him, the former MCA will now have something to celebrate for his association with the ruling party.
President Ruto also used the opportunity to list a number of goodies that his government had lined up for the residents of Nyandarua county, including a visit to the State House in Nairobi in early 2023.
When president Ruto unveiled his cabinet appointees on September 27, 2022, there was confusion as to who was the real appointee for the powerful Ministry of Lands as two people bearing the name Zachary Njeru claimed the position.
The first was a member of the Nyandarua County Assembly (MCA) while the other was a Nakuru businessman.
Njeru, the former MCA went ahead to record himself thanking the Head of State and his deputy for selecting him.
However, on September 28, 2022, the businessman accepted the role noting that he would work tirelessly to sort out the land issues countrywide, with Nakuru being among the most affected.
