MY LETTER TO MY MP +KANINI KEGA

First of all is to congratulate you for having been successfully elected to this post.The post was very competitive to say the least .We voted you in because we beleived you were more capable of transforming kieni more than your predesessors did.However,the politics period is long gone and we are gauging your every move.I write to you because I do believe you have the interest of kieni people at heart and that the reason majority of these people voted for you.Now our problems should be your major points of concern.According to my own understanding of the constitution is that the job of the member of the national assembly is to represent the interest of  your constituents so that you can access funding on their behalf. On behalf of my constituents at large,my place of origin kieni west,and where Ilive Newcity;Ndemu village;karameno sublocation;mugunda location;these are the problems that mainly affect us directly.
1.This place is semi arid.I do think that if greenhouses are erected or these people get drip kits at subsidised costs,food supply would be greatly enhanced.We need the prices of the latter two to be reduced in our constituency via your intervention.
2.Middlemen.We sell our produce through brokers who buy our produce at  very low prices only to sell at almost double the prices eg 1sack of potato they buy from us at 1900 and sell the same at 3500sh in markets such as Nakuru and Eldoret.You can create or liase with cereals and produce board Who can buy our produce directly from us.I know there are even many more methods of dealing with this problem.This problem has been discouraging farmers from this region from farming.Remember that agriculture is the main driver of Kenyan economy.If you want to leave a legacy in this constituency,then agriculture should be your major focus.
3.Poor road network.We only have two permanent road networks and I stand to be corrected.One connects Nairutia through Kiawara to Mweiga and the other one connects Narumoru to Nanyuki and Nyeri. The others are semi-permanent(murram)and are even in bad state eg from Ruirie to Newcity.Roads are our only means of transport so please air our concerns to the national assembly.We would also like the impassable roads renovated and recarpeted.
4.poverty level.We do have really poor people.Just look at Kiawara slums.According to me,the best way you can address this is by is by liasing with the available saccos ie dairy saccos and financial saccos so that you can have a glimpse about entrepreneural activities which are feasible in this area(kieni).For instance I have never heard anyone from my resident who has benefited from the youth enterprise fund.The only way to impart financial development is by imparting psychological development through entrepreneural skills and then access loans from saccos to start up businesses.
5.Water.There is adequate water but the supply is limited.We would like you to facilitate the available water companies get funding so that they can increase water connection to all constituents.We would also like the prices of water per meter cubic to lower eg the cost of 1m3 from (mwawasco)Mutito water company ltd is ksh20.We were also promised`about construction of dams in the Aberdares ranges that would enhance farming would be constructed.Please help actualize this project.
6.Unemployment.Am sure that the high number of students that graduate from secondary schools and tertially institutions cannot be absorbed in the government sector.Though am one of them,these are not my major concerns.However,am deeply concerned about those that did not make it to secondary schools(primary school drop-outs).These make the majority of us young people by headcount. Advocate for the construction of polytechnics in this area and more so the reduction of the fees charged so that they are affordable to them so that they too can get skills.Since the parents of the latter at least own a piece of land or two and even leasing land in this area is cheap,agriculture still remains the biggest point of concern for anybody that will ever be elected member of national assembly in this area.
parting shot
When I imagine of vision 2030,I envision of a constituency that will make some of the richest farmers in kenya.Why?With the current rate at which people are buying plots in prime lands,am left wondering where the food that they will be feeding on will come from?Kieni may be a relatively dry place now but just wait and God keep you to see it then.People may be reluctant to buy land and that is why we still have idle land.However,after the scramble and partition for prime lands,kieni will be a hub.A hub for for farming and carrying out agricultural activities.Think of saudi Arabia which is relatively a desert.It imported soil from Kenya during construction of Thika superhighway.They went ahead to mix that soil with sand from their land and you know what!they donate food to us during the dry periods.I refuse to understand why as we have very rich soils in Kenya.
I believe kieni will never rise beyond the mental capacity of its leaders.My definition of a leader is a person who sees the problems his people are facing and even anticipates problems they are likely to face in future,makes them their own and addresses those problems.We remember Nelson Mandela for the   independence of South Africa;Wangari Maathai for her persistence in reafforestation ;Hon Michuki for road safety;Hon Kibaki  for free education but we would like to remember you for transforming Kieni.
I believe that you can remain relevant even in 2030 and years thereafter but if and only if you remain true and persistent in fulfilling the promises you made to Kieni constituents during the campaign period. We believed in you and that's why we voted for you.success!
I remain,
ANTHONY MURIUKI
a constituent of kieni.