Borabu Member of Parliament (MP) Ben Momanyi has told Nyamira governor Amos Nyaribo to stop linking him to squabbles confronting his leadership.
The visibly furious Momanyi instead told governor Nyaribo to put his house in order and stamp authority instead of blaming his failures on him and other leaders.
“I want to be very clear today from here, if you have never won any elections, you may not understand how to safeguard that position. When governor Nyaribo, who took over from the late John Nyagarama, is unable to rule and unite Nyamira residents, he is always crying and saying that I am the one sabotaging his government, that am meeting so and so in hotels, where does he want me to even eat, that I should not share with my people as a leader?” posed Momanyi.
“What crime do I commit in having a chat with my people in hotels, why can’t he cook for me so that I don’t go to hotel which he seems to have a problem with?” he posed.
Momanyi assured him of his support to complete the remaining term which was left underway by Nyagarama who died last year December due corona virus related complications.
“We will assist him complete Mzee Nyagarama’s term and later brace for a really contest in 2022.
I want to tell him that the position we hold are not ours but given to us by mwananchi and those are our employers who we are answerable to and he should be following on whatever I do as my wife could do,” added Momanyi.
Momanyi noted that Nyaribo had shown his inability to lead Nyamira County when he could not manage to control the assembly which has only 36 members.
“If he is unable to lead 36 members of the county assembly, then he has clearly shown that he cannot govern the county as a whole, he should simply leave office for serious leaders to take over,” he said.
He also took a swipe at a section of county assembly members who he said have forgotten their roles and ‘gone to bed’ with the executive and dancing to the tunes of the governor.
Momanyi’s name has adversely been mentioned as one of the people sponsoring the war to destabilize Nyaribo through the assembly after the death of former governor Nyagarama who was seen having a soft spot on his succession in 2022 gubernatorial elections.
The legislator was speaking in Nyansiongo town, Borabu Monday, where he issued over Kshs.13 million cheques and water harvesting tanks to various schools in this third phase.
Until the death of Nyagarama, Ben Momanyi was seen as the possible heir of the county’s top seat.
Nyaribo has been unable to pick his deputy after the assembly shot down his proposed candidate, ex-West Mugirango Constituency MP Dr. James Gesami on integrity grounds.
The County assembly’s appointments committee found that Dr. Gesami did not present to it clearance centificate from ethics and financial bodies which is a requirement when seeking employment in Kenya.
