NDIA MP OPPOSES THE MOVE OF A LOCATION FROM MWEA TO HIS CONSTITUENCY BY THE IEBC.

NDIA MP OPPOSES THE MOVE OF A LOCATION FROM MWEA TO HIS CONSTITUENCY BY THE IEBC.


JANE MUGAMBI 13TH JAN 2012.


Nairobi metropolitan minister Njeru Githae has strongly opposed the transfer of two electoral wards from Mwea to Ndia constituency as proposed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

The minister said the IIEBC has ignored the views of residents to create an extra constituency.

HE has vowed to move to court if the Kinyaga and Mutithi wards are hived off from Mwea as proposed by the report noting that the move would be an insult to residents.

“We had unanimously proposed that Mwea be split into two but the IEBC has made the situation worse by indicating that two wards be moved to another constituency,” said Githae.

Githae who is also the Ndia Mp said in a press release if the commission cannot give them the extra constituency they should leave the current boundaries intact to avoid disputes.

HE has said that after the Ligale commission, he has been accused by some leaders of being behind the transfer maintaining that last year’s meeting was agreed that Mwea be split into tow but not what IEBC has done saying that it has tarnished his name and made him be blamed for nothing.


“I am not comfortable hearing the kind of blame that is being put on me, I support that Mwea gets a new constituency and not the kind of mess that IEBC has done” added Githae.


On Tuesday a demonstration was held lead by Mwea Mp Peter Gitau over the IEBC proposal which he said that he was robbed off a location with more than 90,000 voters.


He said that the IEBC's decision was not an agreement of the people of Kirinyaga pointing fingers at the minister accusing him of doctoring the document so that Mutithi can be curved from mwea to Ndia.


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