Mbeere North MP Muriuki Njagagua has appealed to his constituents to help save constituency from being scrapped off.
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The lawmaker has proposed to reward women who give birth in his constituency with KSh 2,000 to increase the population.
Speaking during a fundraiser in aid of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Siakago, the MP implored the residents to join the fight to save the constituency from being scrapped.
Njagagua told the residents to think seriously about his proposal as the constituency was among the 27 that have been earmarked for scrapping after 2019 census.
“I believe we are still protected and will fight for that protection as a minority. You cannot just kill minority constituencies. We will fight it tooth and nail,” he said.
The lawmaker was optimistic that the constituency shall have over 100,000 people by 2019 with over 80,000 voters and it could be unfair to have it scrapped.
He said he was ready to use any means at his disposal to save the largely semi-arid constituency in Embu County from being scrapped when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission reviews boundaries after next year’s census.
In the regulations of IEBC, a constituency is required to have a minimum of 133,000 people and the Mbeere North is less the required population by over 40,000 people.
Mbeere North is among the 27 constituencies earmarked for scrapping because their populations falls below the set quota of 133,000 persons. the last census showed that the constituency had a population of 89,035, the lowest in Embu county.
As the moment, has 51,009 registered voters and to avoid being scrapped, the constituency needs to have an additional 43,965 people by next year’s census.