Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika on Monday maintained that her new nominations list of County Executive Committee members is inclusive.
The Governor said that she picked 10 CECMs from 10 sub-counties save for Kuresoi South where her Deputy Governor comes from.
Kihika said there is no constituency among the 11 in the county where she had not picked an individual and promised that the trend would trickle down in the same manner to all the available slots.
“I ensured fairness because the County Government had 10 slots for CECMs which had to be shared out among the 11 sub-counties so I ensured that all the 10 sub-counties has a position apart from Kuresoi South which had already taken the Deputy Governor’s slot,” she said.
Her statement comes a week after the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nakuru quashed her initial CECM nomination list dismissing it as being illegal and biased in favour of one ethnic community.
The governor has since made another nomination list for CECM but the petitioner in the just concluded case has threatened to move back to court on claims that Kihika's new list is similar to the one quashed by ELRC.
Kihika accused some hidden forces of opposing her nominations for CECMs and County officers and derailing her development works.
She added that she should be allowed to work with the people she found fit to hold office in her administration.
"Someone was just relaxing when I was going around seeking votes from the people, and now he will not let me deliver on my promises," she said.
The Governor who was accompanied by Nakuru County Commissioner, Gilbert Kitiyo, Molo MP, Kuria Kimani and a host of MCAs during the Jamhuri Day celebration at Molo Stadium said plans to operationalise Molo Municipality are underway.
She said the county would advertise the opportunities to fill the municipal board positions in order to officially kick-start the process of giving the former town council a municipality charter.
Kihika asked that Nakuru County Assembly to pass the municipal board members once the list is forwarded to them for approval.
She observed that Molo Township does not have good planning such as a proper sewerage system, lighting, roads and other amenities, a problem that will be fixed by the board.
“I am also the vice chairperson in the Land and Urban Planning and Development Committee in the Council of Governors’ so I understand issues to do with town planning, it is in my heart,” she said.
She said the county government would get development funds from the World Bank which would be used to plan and develop Molo.
Nakuru is the second county with the highest number of municipalities after Gilgil and Molo were upgraded last year.
The upgrades which were effected by former Governor, Lee Kinyanjui saw Nakuru get three municipalities and become second after Kiambu which has five.
On Bursaries, Kihika said her Education department would fast-track the formation of a committee to ensure that learners’ fees are catered for by the time they are resuming classes in January.
“The county is also planning to increase the current bursary fund per ward from the current Sh2 million to ensure that no learner stays out of school due to lack of fees,” she said.