Elderly people from Kigwuru, Nkubiu and Mulika are pleading with President Uhuru Kenyatta for monthly stipends to cushion them from the effects of the coronavirus. More than 50 senior citizens gathered at Nkubiu, near Mulika market in Tigania East on Thursday to plead their case. They accused some chiefs and their assistants of bias when registering elderly people for government stipends and the Sh1,000 coronavirus cushion funds. We beseech President Kenyatta, Governor Kiraitu Murungi, Tigania East MP Gichunge Kabeabea and Mama County Kawira Mwangaza to hear our cry and provide food aid or money,” Murungi said. Joice Gitura said they are shocked because they got similar empty promises of land from former President Jomo Kenyatta soon after Independence.

Source: The Star July 09, 2020 18:56 UTC