Since introduction of devolution slightly over 3 years ago, Machakos county residents have been complaining a lot amidst much articulated praise taking center stage purporting that the county is the most developed of all the 47 counties accross the republic.
But it seems that the cup has been washed in the outside and a lot of dirt is hidden inside (what with Governor Mutua’s super PR skills, studied upto PhD level and practiced to alevel of coalition government spokesman for 4 years) after several years in Nation Media, Dubai and Australia.
Below are some pointers as to why Machakos County is suffering:
1. Lack of focused, uncompromising MCAs
* MCAs that we elected into office have lost their focus and instead went on honeymoon with corruption and intimidation being the order of the day
2. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
* a lot of cash has been raised via revenue collected and cash released to the County by the national government but accounting on the same has been ignored.
3. IMPOSED SUBSTANDARD PROJECTS
* many projects that are of no significant importance and not of priority to the community have been used as rubber stamp for looting. A good example is the structure build at Bishop Ndingi on your way to Kithimani.
4. UNPLANNED PROCUREMENT
* Security is not a devolved issue but we have witnessed our county buying police stations security vehicles that are not of off road quality.
5. LACK OF MANAGERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS
* Somebody is using our cash to perform litmus tests. No proper management of the County assets is in place and each day a county asset is ignorantly brought to its knees and no Disciplinary action to the perpetrator is taken.
Way forward
1. Vote in a Governor who has got managerial and administrative skills
2. Vote in MCAs who are educated and focused
3. Be fully involved in the budget estimates and projects implementation.
4. Push for establishment of independent commissions to monitor, evaluate and audit county projects.
5. Push for appointment of ward administrators with a clean record of administration in a reputable institution.
Let us wake up and face the reality.
Anonymous says
well thought
1,2,3 kid... says
Mutua is a cinema starring actor whom survives after all actors a dead! He thrives on empty promises. The road btwn kangundo to mks was a campaign thing but 3yrs down the line no tarmac on site. Pple should not trust those fake opinion polls.
keff says
our priorities in machakos are: infrastructure. the following roads should have tarmac. kangundo Mwala road.kangundo machakos. tala kisukioni up to makutano.tala mbiuni.and clean domestic water too.hii story ingine ya ooh ati Uhuru ndiye analeta maendeleo ni porojo na cinema tu.
Anonymous says
I have piped water, tarmac and electricity courtesy of the Pr.
REAL MGIRIAMA HALISI. says
Another foolish article by a cord zombie. He/she is telling us that anybody who supports cord is perfect but anybody supporting other coalitions is a failure. This zombie has to recant his own articles as they show how shallow his brains are. Until when will cord learn from their own mistakes and take positive actions. YOU BETTER LACK YOUR HAND THAN LACK THE BRAINS TO THINK. We jubilee have more sophisticated political formulas to make cord loose before the elections but not mere foolishness on this media.
KINGI says
Zombie can’t do an article. TIBIM, TIBIM, TIBIM
REAL MGIRIAMA HALISI. says
Your assertions has always been wrong and I think you belong to mathare if no portriez. You have been brainwashed by these satanic antiques of your old man who cant think beyond his nose and always want to pass his life failures to people like you to fight for him and salvage him. Even Joho will be a failure in accordence to your idiotic belief when he crosses the bridge. POLITICAL BLIND PEOPLE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER IF THEY CANT EVEN WIN THEIR OWN WAR (signature failed, then which way do think you can win?)
KINGI says
Sophisticated formula for rigging. TIBIM, TIBIM, TIBIM.
KINGI says
The county government of Machakos and the JUBILEE administration, share one thing in common,which is PR.
MTUA AND JUBILEE are masters of theatrics.
MAENDELEO CHAFU CHAFU NA SERIKALI YA KUTENGA.
REAL MGIRIAMA HALISI. says
Sometimes you reason like an intellectual brother but this one has proved otherwise. Remember even Namwamba went to state house and attended some rallies with Uhuru when you had branded him a mole and that acted as his bargaining formula because after fear of loosing him as result of men in black, Raila gave him the position he wanted. Whats wrong with kambas use their elaborate campaign strategy to affirm their position in cord for fear of fallout? misconception of everything is your self destruction in cord. Branding mutua as a failure just because he was seen in state house will change nothing and just watch the space as more things will be unfolding soon.
keff says
watu machakos county bado wanatafuta maji na punda and yet Mr.PR wa cinema has the guts to loiter in other counties like kitui and makueni telling them ati atachimba boreholes!!!!. that guy is the worst thing to happen to MACHA. county governor is a political seat.he was following cord everywhere before the last general election.baada ya kuapishwa tu mjamaa akamea pembe na akahepa kwa mikutano ya cord even when it’s held in macha town! akadharau kalonzo kama mtoto! what goes round comes around mwanake.itatafuta hao umedharau.
KINGI says
@REAL MGIRIAMA. I will use your words to describe your sand built ideology.
You mentioned sophisticated formula that JUBILEE intend to deploy in the coming elections to defeat CORD. That to any JUBILEE supporter is good music to his or her ears. If ABABU truly visited state house, so as to bolt himself up to a vintage position, that is what we call ‘sophisticated formula ‘or other real politik. Politics is about interest. Trust me , Raila will one day go his on way or join hands with Ruto, Uhuru will one day make a coalition with people of Nyanza, Kalonzo will one day time up with Kidero or even Watangula or even Mudavadi.
SOPHISTICATED FORMULA is what drives our politics, so Mutua has tried the sophisticated formula to hoodwink the people of Machakos but we have a much better sophisticated FORMULA, that we in CORD have used to detect his lies, cheap politics, PR STUNT for his MAENDELEO CHAFU CHAFU MACHAKOS.
Anonymous says
hon.Mutua we are yet to see your job in Ndithini Division cz u av done nothing to us…