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MPs' new fund to hoodwink poor Wanjiku

Parliament buildings, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Tuesday night should have been a victory for those living in marginalised areas. Our wahesh had finally thought of them and developed regulations to guide the Equalisation Fund–cash meant to help them play catch-up with the rest of the country. It is pegged at 0.5 per cent of the national revenue.

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