Before we enacted the 2010 Constitution, Kenyans were used
to only three categories of leaders when it came to casting votes during
elections - the presidency, constituencies and wards.
While the first two have been getting hefty send-off perks,
there has been nothing given to the Councillors and no mechanism for their
pension was ever put in place.
They have been discriminated against as far as
social/financial protection is concerned in spite of being able to mobilize and
sensitive people towards certain causes or ideologies.
To downplay these grassroots operatives further, there is a
world of difference between the remunerations they used to get and what the
current MCAs are getting.
It is a shameful state of affairs to see the majority of
these former Councillors wallowing in poverty while sarcastically being
referred to as leaders.
