Kenyan MP Offers Sh2,000 to Every Woman in His Constituency Who Gives Birth

Mbeere North MP Muriuki Njagagua has announced he will give Sh2,000 to every woman in his constituency who gives birth.

The MP says the move aims at increasing the population and rescue the constituency from being scrapped when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) reviews boundaries after 2019 census.

Njagagua says he will use all means available to save Mbeere North, which is among 27 constituencies at risk of being scrapped since it does not meet the required population threshold for a constituency.

The 2009 census shows the constituency had a population of 89,035, the lowest in Embu County. 

A constituency must have a population of more than 133,000 people, meaning Mbeere North needs an additional 43,965 people by next year's census if it is to survive the axe. The largely semi-arid constituency currently has 51,009 registered voters.

He argues that the constituency must remain since it's inhabited by the Mbeere people, who are a minority in the county.

"I believe we are still protected and will fight for that protection as a minority. You cannot just kill minority constituencies. We will fight it tooth and nail,” he says.