Embu MCAs who travelled to Arusha, Tanzania to learn good etiquette are now planning to sneak back into the country to calm down their angry electorates after their tour received a fierce backlash from the public, K24 Digital can authoritatively report.
Sources close to the MCAs have revealed to K24 Digital that some of them may travel over the weekend to rush back to their wards.
The sources claim that those MCAs planning to come back have already had their passports stamped at the Namanga border for accountability of the allowances paid.
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Tipsters also confirmed that a plan is in the pipeline for the County Assembly bus to travel to Embu at night on Friday, December 17, 2021, to avoid commotion amongst irate residents.
Other MCAs are alleged to prefer to be left in Nairobi where they would send their vehicles to pick them up.
Residents have questioned why the MCAs could afford to splash millions of taxpayers’ funds on a training trip ostensibly to acquire good mannerisms and campaign discipline, yet there was no money from the Embu County Government for development, bursaries and paying county workers.
''How can people we have trusted with leadership move to Tanzania to be taught how to behave well? This is clear wastage of public resources,'' Kariuki Nyaga a resident in Embu town said.
Senator Njeru Ndwiga and Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Mugo Mate also castigated MCAs' lavish Arusha trip, terming the venture as wasteful, ill-advised, politically reckless and careless.
A spot-check at the county assembly has established that several vehicles belonging to the legislators were parked at the parking lot since Monday in ready for use once the MCAs jet back from Arusha.
The vehicles are said to have been parked at the assembly premises for security reasons as the MCAs travelled to Arusha using the County Assembly's bus.
Many of the MCAs known for being social media fans, have not been seen in public nor heard campaigning in their wards since Monday.
They have also declined invitations to press conferences to speak about the controversial Tanzania trip.
Attempts to reach the Ward Reps via phone remained futile.
