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A section of Embu residents and leaders are up in arms over a plan by the County Assembly to set aside millions of taxpayers' cash to foot bill for gymnasium subscriptions for overweight Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and staffs.
While giving a sneak review of the Assembly's budget for 2018/19 financial year, Embu Speaker Josiah Thiriku said they had realised that several of the 33 Ward Representatives and 80 staff members had gained weight and faced serious health risks and thus the need for the kitty.
He said the budget would allow the MCAs to access to aerobics, saunas and other fitness options.
“The Assembly Service Board has factored that members need to be fit. I think all of us have added some weight. We have factored some money for members to participate in activities geared towards their fitness."
"We shall be paying subscriptions for members who wish to join gym and aerobics or even sauna to lose some weight,” Thiriku said.
Thiriku further revealed plans by the Assembly to launch Sh40 million car loan and mortgage scheme for staff members and installation of CCTV cameras in MCAs offices.
However, the proposals have angered some area leaders and residents, who termed it as blatant wastage of public resources.
Runyenjes Central MCA Steve Simba said he will rally other members to reject the proposal. He said Ward Reps wishing to lose weight should pay gym subscription fees from their pockets.
“This is total wastage of resources. Why should you eat excessively and the county spend money to help you reduce the excess weight? Again why do you have to use a vehicle all the time?" he posed.
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Why can't they secure a park with a big playground for all Embu residents to use for a meager amount? You take several laps and your big stomachs and butts brought on by your astronomical wages which you least deserve will melt immediately. Karma.
If they can't manage their body, can they manage anything else?Sick
Most of these Fat MACs (and Women Reps) are absolutely USELESS. Therefore reducing their "Earned-for-Nothing" Salaries and Allowances is the best Body Trimming Tactic.
Some of the residents don't even know how a gymn looks like, why should they pay for the mcas who drive cars while common people walk to work? These people are seriously short of common sense.Ati give them fatsalaries, bonuses, entertainment perks, and when they fatten up, take them to the gymn. We are babysitting the government officials and waiting for jobs to be done, its not happening soon. Kenya wake u before it's too late.
Some of them may have opened GYM businesses and are looking for business. The money will go in their pockets. This is a very serious affair. God have mercy for Kenyans.
Wow! I think you're right.
To my opinion if someone wants to go to the gym, its fine but mca's should not ask the tax payer to foot the bill, this falls under personal responsibility. Do we ask the mca's to pay our bills, besides they make way too much money to wine about the cost of the gym.
Bongolala Kenyans are to blame for voting YES to a useless constitution which placed the ownership of counties to corrupt MCAs and governors.It's unfortunate that even those who copied it never read it.Bloody revolution is the only way out of this mess.The 4000 elite gangsters who include these OBESE MCAs must be tamed by flattening these SEWAGE TUMMIES using bullets.The other group of 426 so-called senators and MPs who pretend to fight corruption but they corruptly hiked their pension by 700% must face the FIRING SQUAD.
If poor hard working tax payers have to foot workout bill for these fat cats,where do they get to use their salaries?.
Apparently they are overeating...meaning they are getting paid too much...Infact one does not need agym to be in shape.Just the will to workout.
Waswahili husema, "Wajinga ndio waliwao." Kwa kifupi, "Wapiga kura ndio waliwao."
This is the joke of the year. Should we feed them and when they become fat pay for them to shed weight? Embu residents, if you are not enraged by this, I don’t know what will.
These MCA they love to eat for free they invade eateries and demand in their own fashion food for free . their salaries is also too fat to not be tempted to misuse it on nyama choma and tuskers . No taxpayer should be burdened by yet another cost which is a result of choice. I do push ups at home jog and if I can't go for a walk for a change from my work . I do it for my self for my health and so should they choose which method but not tax payer money pls have mercy on us who cannot even make ends meet after taxes and all other survival costs
You can take a cow to the river but you can't force it to drink the water. You can pay for the MCA's gym fees but he/she may never set foot in the gym. So, total waste.