They say “nobody can stop an idea whose time has come. And if you stand on the path of a rising and falling tsunami, then be ready to be swept away by its ranging floods!’
This is exactly what many Kenya leaders who are tirelessly working hard to stop the Punguza Mizigo Initiative are staring at after Kenyans united in one voice and vowed to pass Ekuru Aukot’s initiative once it is presented over to them for a referendum.
Among leaders who have tasted the wraths of many Kenyans include Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu who on Tuesday found himself on the receiving end after taking to his Facebook page to criticize Aukot’s initiative and instead, demanding more slots in Parliament to ensure a more balanced voter representation matrix.
WHY PUNGUZA MZIGO IS A NON/STARTER
Just the suggestion that the 1.5M voters in Kiambu County have equal parliamentary representation needs to the 100k people in Lamu County thus each county can adequately be represented by 2 MPs shows how unserious those behind the #PunguzaMizogo proposal are.
At a time Central Kenya is demanding more slots in Parliament to ensure a more balanced voter representation matrix where each vote is equal in decision-making, Aukot wants Central region to lose 25 MPs (Kiambu to give up 10 MPs, Muranga to give up 6, Nyeri to give up 4, Nyandarua to give up 3, Kirinyaga to give up 2). *Remember only Parliament makes national laws!
The same applies to every other large community vote-wise. #PunguzaMzigo essentially means numbers will not count anymore in Kenya’s politics.
Who really is behind Aukot?
His post was however largely criticized by many Kenyans who termed his explanations as self-centered and upgraded greed. Here are the reactions;
Baba Ryan So you want Lamu represented by half a man or a toddler? Ni nini Inakuwasha Wambugu?
Derick Boondox Just to school Ngunjiri, for years Kenya has hidden on representation per populace and what benefits has this representation given to wanjiku, NOTHING. With or without support of Mpigs and Mthieves, Kenyans don’t care about representation anymore, the Bomas Draft had a proposal of the 8 provinces turned into counties but due to greed and interests you guys opposed it and went for 47, F**king 47 even America which is a continent has only 52 states. The governors, MCAs, Women Reps so far have given us the middle finger and showed us they don’t care about Kenyans but themselves. We want that bill as early as tomorrow and if passed we promise you and your Kieleweke ilk fronting for stupid BBI will be surprised. We might not like the messenger, Aukot, but we LOVE the message. We are ON.
Edwin Mwangi Kenyans have said tunataka Punguza mzigo……..!!!This time round we ai t being dictated to at ALL……..Tutaisoma and vote what is good to us,not to you!
Daniel Njihia With all means we want to cut the wage bill we are over represented by usually Sly queens, mpigs
Bro Victor Ochiel With your 1.5M people from Kiambu do they have 10 governors? Madam boss, punguza mizigo is the way to go.
Kennedy Inverted’x Kimani You are only scared of your incompetence in Nyeri county that you can’t secure one of the two slot preserved. After all MCAs shall be the central part of cash allocations and the National Assembly will only be a law making body.
Baba Frida We have MCA’s who will be handling ward development fund, that will be well managed sio kama hiyo cdf yenu mnakulana yote
Chege Muikamba J Numbers will remain in wards representation…. We don’t need to send bunch of noise makers to go to Nairobi for their own benefit…. We need quality not quantity