Mwingi West MP Charles Nguna has announced that he would donate his entire five-year salary for sustainable growth and development to his constituents.
Lawmakers are receiving a monthly gross of Ksh532,500, which will amount to Ksh31.9 million in five years, as per a 2019 report by the Parliamentary Service Commission.
“I am giving up my five-year salary that will go into water projects for the love of people of Mwingi West and the love of environmental conservation because I have an ambition of planting one million trees in the constituency to protect God’s natural resources,” he explained.
Stating that he was working with the National Irrigation Board, the MP said his salary would go into building 12 earth dams in the electoral district, and he would also pursue more water projects through NGOs and other agencies.
“I have partnered with African Sand Dam Foundation who are doing 50 mega sand dams in the constituency , I have also sourced 360 household water pads from the National irrigation board which are currently going on now in Nzatani and Itoloni locations,” he stated.
Expressing appreciation for the water schemes, residents announced that they had to travel long distances in order to reach clean water.
“We used to walk up to 10 Kilometres to find water. We are thankful for the current projects that will really help reduce the distance,” one local stated.Â
Nguna further called on the county government to begin water projects for the residents in the persistent dry areas.
“We should not be having women and children walking for long distances to fetch water and that is why we as leaders must come up with solutions together with communities to address these issues,” he said.
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