Turkana County has remained to be the Country’s most funded county since devolution yet still the most starving 7 years later.
Billions of money have been pumped in the county with a population of less than 600,000 people, yet there is very little to account for.
Few weks ago, a Lowdwar-based Journalist attempting to expose Governor Josphat Nanok allegedly went into hiding a few days his sources were abducted.
Stop the violence against journalists. Why attack the messenger instead of addressing the issues at hand??#NanokMustFall pic.twitter.com/u4Dg9msR1B
— Kirwa Nyambega.🌍 (@kirwanyams) June 5, 2019
Emmanuel Cheboit said the source identified as Benedictus Maraka was kidnapped in an attempt to make him recant his statement that the relief food had been stolen.
The journalist, speaking on the telephone from his hideout, said he went underground for fear the “hit men” might go for him. “I felt I was not safe after unknown people abducted a source who had narrated to me how the food disappeared. I fear for my life. This is not the first time journalists have been threatened here,” Mr Cheboit said.
The governor is now being accused of mistreating anyone who dares to point out any of dirty deals associated with him through his goons.
Nanok is so out of touch with the commoners,and if you dare point out the suffering of the Turkana's,he sends a goons to beat you up#Nanokmustfall pic.twitter.com/Iks7Xb6vo5
— SteveInsighter (@SInsighter) June 5, 2019
Last month, the governor who appeared before the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee to respond to audit queries, was hard-pressed to explain how the mistake escaped the attention of his financial officers.Auditor General Edward Ouko in his 2017/2018 report flagged up arithmetical errors in the county’s exchequer releases, noting that there was an unexplained variance of Sh789 million in the account books.
Nanok confidently went on to dismiss these figures calling it a mathematical error in the accounting books, and like every other county boss implicated in loss of funds, he has denied that no money has been lost.
Now Kenyans on Twitter are calling for the ouster of the Turkana Governor.
Why were this whistle blowers mistreated for calling out poor leadership?
This is wrong and this are the signs of a governor who knows that people are wide awake and intolerant to his gimmicks.#NanokMustFall pic.twitter.com/gmgBZwxgWf— SON OF TETU™🇰🇪 (@SonofTetu_) June 5, 2019
BILLIONS upon BILLIONS pumped in turkana county for the past 7years,a county with a population of less than 600,000 people,yet in the next few months we will be here with a campaign ati Kenyan4Kenyans to feed a people so endowed! #NanokMustFall pic.twitter.com/yW2MgIYsxT
— SteveInsighter (@SInsighter) June 5, 2019
Looking at Nanok's Twitter handle and am wondering if he is not ashamed of the things going on in his backyard.
Arresting the Turkana 3 was beyond mediocrity in a county that has bigger issues to deal with.
Again,what was(or is) his role as Chair of COG?#NanokMustFall pic.twitter.com/m00d7EarZl— SON OF TETU™🇰🇪 (@SonofTetu_) June 5, 2019
Poverty in Turkana is a business, despite the government and donors pumping money to raise the living standards of the locals,Turkana leaders led by nanok steal all the money leaving the poor to survive on wild fruits!#NanokMustFall
— SteveInsighter (@SInsighter) June 5, 2019
It's time we call off those who benefit from our misery.
Turkana is so rich for any of it's residents to be starving.#NanokMustFall pic.twitter.com/7Ni8XTBwmR— SteveInsighter (@SInsighter) June 5, 2019
#NanokMustFall
when Turkana men demonstrated last year on oil, what was Nanok's role in negotiating the amount that goes to the people? Here is the amount of Oil in Turkana. What percentage lower were the people finally given from 10%? #downwith impunity #redvestmovement pic.twitter.com/ZjPJfAccvn— marymuthui1 (@marymuthui1) June 5, 2019
#NanokMustFall
The day you'll realize these leaders don't care about you or what you think is the day you'll be happy just do your things and help those you can pic.twitter.com/GN1gUL55Cg— Eddie Mentor (@afrikan_heart) June 5, 2019
#NanokMustFall
Every year the government of kenya allocates billions of shillings in turkana county alone, only for Nanok and his cohorts to mismanaged the same funds. The government through DPP and DCI should investigate "kafana" Nanok for serious money laundering crimes.— Elhaji Nasrudiin Abdul (@nasrudiinabdul) June 5, 2019
An intolerant government surely can't be Keen on the people it's keen on power kick Nanok out #Nanokmustfall https://t.co/NwhTZ2z5iX
— The David Mwenda (@1Davidmwenda) June 5, 2019