Vihiga Governor shuns home for hotel where he pays Sh150,000 per monthVihiga Governor Wilber Ottichilo arrives at a function in Luanda town. [Eric Lungai, Standard]Vihiga Governor Dr Wilber Ottichilo has been living in a hotel since his election in 2017. The county forks out Sh150, 000 every month as he awaits completion of the official residence by the end of this year.The governor’s official residence on a two-hectare parcel at Enderi in Sabatia sub-county, will cost Sh80 million. Until then, the governor holes up in a hotel and leaked tenancy agreements reads in part that “the county government of Vihiga shall thus pay to the landlord i.e Sosa Villas Management Limited the sum of Sh1,200,000. “We are having our priorities wrong if we think that we really need the governor’s residence in Vihiga, yet our poverty levels are at 62 per cent.

Source: Standard Digital February 23, 2019 11:15 UTC