NGILU IS A KAMBA FIRST, KENYAN SECOND

There are a lot of justifications put ford in defense of the minister
of water decision to allocate more money to her area. I believe these
justifications are fabricated just to save the minister’s skin.

Why do I say this? I have a few questions for our water minister.

Would you with a clear conscience tell us Kenyans that you were
objective and fair in the decision to allocate the funds to the areas?
Is it that these people are in more need of water than all other areas
in the country?

The politicians do what they do because of the support they need from
us. So Ngilu might be plotting for the ukambani vote in preparation
for 2012. She is planning to have a bigger control over the kamba vote
to increase her bargaining power for a better post in the government
after the 2012 election. Maybe

Kenyans have been very sensitive about fair distribution of resources
first with the majimbo debate and now the incorporation of counties in
the new constitution and therefore we believe that we have leaders
that know their responsibility is not representing their ethnicity or
regions but representing Kenyans as a whole.

If the example the ministry of water is replicated by all the other
ministries we are going to see a situation where most of the national
resources are going to be directed to the people who don’t realy need
them as such. What about those areas which does not have
representatives in parliament? Will they be left behind because they
do not have people to siphon money to their areas?

The minister of education Sam Ongeri during the scam involving
misappropriation of the primary education funds said in a rally in his
constituency that he was being fought for directing more funds to his
people. He was heading a national post, representing all the Kenyan
population. Why would he direct all that money to his constituency?

These are the practices that had existed in Kenya for a very long time
with expensive projects being directed to areas with very little need
just because they have MPs holding high positions in government. These
projects end up being white elephants in the areas they are set.

Am not saying that ukambani does not need water project. They have had
a lot of water problems and drought but their problems are dwarfed by
those the pastoralists communities of north eastern and the south
parts of rift valley experience. On a fair and objective scale,
considering the sharing of national resources according to need, those
people need more allocation.

We believe that the county government system will enable us to share
resources equitable among the vast Kenyan population, but in that we
need leaders that will put the interest of Kenyans before the
interests of an ethnic tribe no matter their affiliation otherwise the
cycle will never break.

That said. I believe that Ngilu should resign and pave way for
investigations to prove her integrity and the allegations that there
are people plotting against her political career.