By MUSYOKA NGUI
Wiper Patriotic Front party leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has recounted to Mwingi North residents the intrigues surrounding the tarmacking of road leading to his rural home.
Wiper leader Dr Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka speaking during the burial of his personal assistant James Mutemi Matiki's mother in Matili village, Ngaaie, Kyuso Ward on Saturday. |COURTESY
Dr Musyoka said that when he was vice president, he rejected pressure by a permanent secretary to have the road tarmacked from Tseikuru rather than Mwingi where it had reached.
"As a selfless leader, when I was vice president, PS Kamau was in charge of roads. He told me, I have money for 21km. Do you want us to start work in Tseikuru?
I told him there is no need of people to come all the way from Mwingi till they reach Twimyua under dust. I said no way. Let it start from Mwingi coming to this direction. It will reach Tseikuru when it will. It is now time", said Musyoka.
The former VP said the road has faced stoppages and revivals as interests of successive governments change. This has caused completion to stall despite having been under construction for years. "By now this road should have passed Maua, Isiolo linking up to Ethiopia", he said.
Kalonzo told residents to vote out President William Ruto government in favour of his United Opposition alliance during the upcoming 2027 general elections. He was speaking during the burial of mother of his personal assistant James Mutemi Matiki in Matili Village, Ngaaie, Kyuso Ward.
Other leaders present were DAP-K party leader Eugene Wamalwa, Kitui Governor Dr Julius Malombe, Mwingi North MP Paul Nzengu, and other local and national government officials.
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