President Uhuru Kenyatta has initiated many projects in Mt Kenya region contrary to what Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria and other lawmakers want the public to believe.
Deputy President William Ruto has been the face of the new infrastructure projects.
On December 31, Kuria sparked a furore after claiming that Uhuru had no time for Kiambu, his home county, but was commissioning jobs elsewhere. He claimed the President only hands out certificates to rehabilitated alcoholics in his home-turf.
Kuria said while he agreed with the President’s position that development is meant for every part of the country, Central is not receiving development projects as it should.
“H E the President is 100 per cent right…we need development in every corner of this country. It is in that spirit and in line with the President’s position that I believe Mt Kenya also deserves development just like any other region,” he said.
His remarks were supported by Bahati MP Ngunjiri Kimani who on Sunday said “life of a Kikuyu has become difficult under the Jubilee regime”.
But Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu on Monday lashed out at Mt Kenya MPs who say Uhuru has neglected the region.
Waititu said the leaders are only barking yet they can follow up on the President privately and address their issues without advertising to the world.
“If we dare advertise what the President and the national government are doing for our region other counties will hold demonstrations. There is a lot of work going on within the region and the leaders speaking out should stop barking,” he said.
Former Mandera senator Billow Kerrow told off MPs from Mt Kenya, saying they have the responsibility in Parliament to ensure equitable distribution of resources.
“The current claims by certain leaders in Central Kenya that their region has been neglected by Uhuru is political rhetoric that deserves the contempt with which the President has dismissed them. Under the Constitution, Parliament determines allocation of resources through approval of government budgets and development blueprints,” he said.