Wycliffe Oparanya can’t explain whereabout of 269 million he allocated to Linda Afya ya Mama na Mtoto for financial 2017/2018.
While speaking to the senate last week the Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya could not explain to the Auditor General who queried why 30,000 mothers who were identified during the 2017/2018 financial year had not had been paid Ksh. 269million.
The mothers were supposed to receive Ksh. 2000 every three months until the baby is one and a half years old but there have been delays in disbursements of these funds. Allegations are going rounds that these money might have been embezzled by the governor.
In his response he told the Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee that these mothers have since been paid.
” We had some issues during that time and we have redesigned the program, we have actually said that the program can only take care of two kids, if a mother wants more, then she will have to take of them,” Oparanya said.
On his part the Kakamega Senator said that ” The program is good, but late disbursements doesn’t help addressing the primary issue, this is actually misappropriation of funds,” said Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala.
