Othaya constituency MP Wambugu Wainaina during the interview
By MKT Reporter
Othaya constituency Member of Parliament Michael Wambugu Wainaina has called for prudent use of public resources.
The lawmaker who is popularly know as Kìrìma or Mount Kenya says he can account for every coin that the government has disbursed in his constituency through CDF which is officially referred to as National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF).
Speaking during a National broadcaster; Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) ‘Know Your Legislator’ programme on Monday night, Wainaina said he has reduced wastage and unnecessary use of public resources by introducing various stringent measures.
Some of these include public participation at the village level during the allocation of bursary funds and the use of labour based skill programmes for NG-CDF projects.
Under the bursary programme, the UDA MP disclosed that needy and deserving students are identified at the village level, unlike in the past when the activity was conducted at the constituency level.
He noted that with the new concept, only deserving cases are taken care of unlike in the past when some corruption individuals used to introduce even ghost institutions with fake students enrolment who were given bursaries that ended in some peoples pockets.
For the government sponsored projects in public institutions, the MP said, locals are used for various works, thereby ensuring that money is left in the locality after paying wages, with contractors also being encouraged to get supplies from the local dealers.
Further, the MP said, through his Wambugu Wainaina Foundation, he has been able to ensure his constituents live in decent homes, saying all those with mud walled houses had their’s replaced with semi-permanent ones.
This initiative, he noted, is courtesy of his foundation and well-wishers.
Wainaina said his quest to be the MP for Othaya was influenced by former area lawmaker and third President of Kenya, the late Mwai Kibaki.
Several of the Othaya constituents who were interviewed by the programme hosts lauded the MP’s effort saying he had drastically changed the area through bursaries and various infrastructure developments.
He called on leaders in various parts of the country to device various ways of enduring the public resources were prudently spent.
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