By Charles Kinyua
Nyeri County Senator Wahome Wamatinga has vowed to table evidence before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that some officials have been engaging in corrupt practices.
During an interview with Inooro TV yesterday, the legislator claimed that a certain judge blocked his son’s account with KSh70,000 due to frivolous allegations that they were proceeds of crime. He concurred with his Murang’a counterpart Joe Nyutu who was also part of the morning show that much as judicial officers are independent, social good should always supercede the letter of the law.
“Why should a court bar Kenya Power from importing transformers to the detriment of potential electricity users to massage the egos of some unscrupulous traders,’ wondered the Senator who chairs the Swnate Departmental Committee on Energy.
On the contentious issue of one-man-one shilling, Wamatinga said the country was gradually headed there as currently the NG-CDF was being shared through number of electoral wards thereby ensuring that the more wards there are and by extension, the more funds a constituency gets. ” A constituency with eight wards gets much more money than that with say four and thus equitable service delivery, ” noted the former Mathira NG-CDF chairman.
Senator Nyutu revisited his pet subject of propelling the Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro as President William Ruto’s successor, first by nominating him as his running mate come 2027 General Election saying that he had no apologies.
Last week, 15 members of parliament converged in Nyoro’s backyard, where kick started the apparently well choreographed political strategy eight and a half years ahead of schedule.
The two senators rubbished a proposal by a city lawyer, Gichuke Ribathi, who was also in the pannel for calling for the scrapping of the NG-CDF noting that it had gone a long way in alleviating the suffering of learners from economically challenged families. The legislators further supported the continued existence of boarding secondary schools arguing that some regions like Northern would be disadvantaged while those harbouring large national schools like Alliance may end up having un utilised capacities.
The trio were hosted in the Kìmùrì talk show by veteran journalist Nderitu Waihura
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