Moses Kuria Drags Moi’s Revenge on Kimunya's Constituency into Kiambaa Row

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has hit out at his Kipipiri counterpart Amos Kimunya over reports of threatening to withdraw development projects from Kiambaa Constituency if the residents do not elect the Jubilee candidate in the upcoming by-election.

In a statement on his Facebook page, Kuria revisited an incident where late President Daniel Arap Moi allegedly donated electrical equipment to swing voters to support the KANU candidate, but they voted otherwise.

Acting in retaliation, the late President allegedly withdrew the equipment he had donated, and to date, the area has no power.

Kuria used this incident to mock Kimunya, considering that he is the current Member of Parliament for Kipipiri, and also the Leader of Majority in the National Assembly.

According to Kuria, Kimunya should focus on ensuring Kipipiri residents benefit from development projects rather than threatening Kiambaa constituents.

“Once upon a time, there was a by-election in Kipipiri constituency in Nyandarua. And Moi gave a lot of goodies including poles to connect the people to electricity. When the KANU candidate lost to Mwangi Githiomi of Mwai Kibaki's DP, Moi went for his goodies including the poles. Taifa Leo captured the moment with the ageless headline 'KANU yaonja pilipili Kipipiri'. Kipipiri is still without electricity.

“From Kipipiri, Getabushi MCA Hon Githinji Mwaniki is still on my case to donate a transformer to his people after I did the same to Ol Kalou and Ol Jororok which have hard working MPs David Kiaraho and Mike Muchira. Yet the lazy Kipipiri MP has the audacity to blackmail the gallant people of Kiambaa,” Kuria shared on social media.

Kuria made the remarks in response to Kmunya who is alleged to have said that billions of shillings set aside for development projects in Kiambaa will be withdrawn if locals don’t support the Jubilee candidate.