Henry Carlos Kioko urges Senator Agnes Kavindu to write to EACC instead of talking big
He accuses her of collusion with other elected leaders to squander public coffers
According to the politician, County Assembly did a mistake by financing illegal entities which are not audited by Auditor General
The former Machakos County Senatorial Candidate Henry Carlos has challenged Senator Agnes Kavindu on what he termed empty talk and threats at the Senate level over the County Assembly’s misappropriations of public funds
In a response from Monday’s 23rd October, senate grilling where Kavindu threatened County Assembly of unnecessary spending, Carlos, stated that the ‘big talk and threats’ would not yield any tangible results
“What we saw in senate is big talk and threats by senator Kavindu. If I was the senator of Machakos I would have quietly written to EACC requesting for the County assembly to be investigated for misappropriation of public resources and allow the law to take its natural cause,” Mr Carlos Stated
He added that, Senator Kavindu has failed to show legislative leadership at the county assembly on legislation matters. “As the senator of Machakos, she is the most senior legislator in policy formulation.
She should therefore host annual legislators forum , to align the Members of County Assembly [MCAs] on policies formation that would uplift the life of Machakos electorate,”. he observed
At these forums or summit event, delegates who include MCAs and opinion leaders in all economy sectors would deliberate on governance and accountability, aligning the legislative agenda to Socioeconomic empowerment of the resident
“The oversight capacity of the MACHAKOS county assembly is too low. Therefore, the senator of Machakos must get concerned to redeem the county.
What we have seen is a code of silence and collusion to oppress the residents of Machakos as public resources is misappropriated and goes to wastegae and theft,” Carlos whi is eyeing the same seat come 2027 told safinews.co.ke desk on Wednesday 25th October
However, he pointed out that the irregularity at the County Assembly Machakos was captured by the Auditor-General during the audit process and referred to senate for further interrogation.
Focusing on the feedback of the Senate County Public Accounts Committee, Carlos stated that, both the County Assembly and the Senate are involved at various levels (the Senate may focus only on specific audit matters rather than every single audit).
“Yes, it’s not only irregularities but an economic crime for the Speaker of County assembly Machakos to have spend 5.7million on CSF without approvals and at the same time spending 15 million to buy gym equipment for the county assembly.
Henry Carlos Kioko is a former Senate candidate Machakos and heads residents efforts to oversight county government of Machakos. The residents efforts reviews, monitors and communicates policies, plans ,activities of the MACHAKOS executive and the county assembly. This is a community based intiative.
These creative events provides members of the county assembly and community leaders with the opportunity to learn more about legislation that will impact our community. For a wise Senator it will also engage participants in a Q & A.