Nyandarua County Assembly on Tuesday 4th August 2015 passed a Motion to register displeasure with the conduct of the County Senator Muriuki Karue.
The Senator had planned a Public Meeting at Ol kalou on Monday the 3rd of August 2015 where he was expected to read the Auditor General’s Report for the Year 2013/ 2014 which indicates that the County Government cannot account for Ksh. 400 million.
The meeting was however foiled by local youths before it kicked off who pulled down his tent, removed the public address system and pelted his vehicle with stones when he arrived.
The County Assembly’s Majority Whip John Gachari moved the motion of discontent in the House as a matter of County importance upon suspension of the usual business.
Gachari who is also the MCA for Shamata Ward added that the report had been committed to the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee for scrutiny, yet the Senator disregarded the Assembly and convened the meeting.
While contributing to the Motion, Ol Kalou Ward MCA Kamau Ngotho said the Senator has never had time to either inspect Government Projects in the County or push any County agenda in the Senate.
He also accused the Senator of supporting the Coalition for Reform and Democracy CORD in saying that the report by the Auditor General is reliable.
“If the Deputy President is saying that the report is faulty, who is he (senator) to say that it is genuine?” he wondered.
Gathanji Ward MCA Samuel Thuita said the Senator has failed to resolve the conflict surrounding Nyahururu Town that has been a tug of war between Nyandarua and Laikipia Counties.
“We have continued to lose millions in terms of revenue in the town which we believe was snatched from us and the Senator has never made any effort to have the National Government compensate us on that front,” he said.
Nominated MCA Dorcas Kihara said the Senator was chasing investors away by calling public meetings to say that the County Government is embezzling funds.
The Assembly Deputy Speaker Wambugu King’ori who was in the Chair directed that a formal communication in this regard be made to the Speaker of the Senate Ekwe Ethuro, Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka and the Senator himself.
