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Senate bars Governors, MCAs from placing their images on public projects

Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti when she commissioned the Mbiuni Market Borehole Water Reticulation Project in Machakos County. [@Wavinya_Ndeti, X]

The Senate has prohibited Governors and Members of County Assemblies from branding public projects and government vehicles with messages that seek to promote individual identities.

The Senate Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, in its report, contends that branding public projects and vehicles with individual names or images is personalization of public resources, creating the impression of individual ownership.

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