Kabogo hits out at Senate finance team

Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has hit out at the Senate Finance committee which toured the county early last week on a fact finding mission over the alleged high taxes imposed on traders.

Speaking to clergymen from Limuru and Lari sub-counties at Free Pentecostal Fellowship Church in Limuru on Saturday, the governor accused the team of wasting public resources.

“They spent a night at Windsor Hotel yet Kiambu is not far from Nairobi, this is embezzlement of public resources,” he said.

Mr Kabogo also accused the team of informing his office of the visit just a day before, which meant the county government was unable to participate.

Own money

He also took issue with one senator in the delegation who he accused of inciting traders in Kiambu not to pay levies and to allegedly beat up council askaris collecting levies.

However in a rejoinder, Senator Kimani Wamatangi maintained that the Senate has oversight over county governments and how they use public resources.

He also accused the governor of misusing public resources to frustrate the committee’s visit.

Wamatangi now wants Kabogo to be surcharged for using public resources to go to court in a bid to block Senate from investigating how the county spends money.

The governor, however, denied these allegations saying he used his own money to launch the suit.