As the term of the current MCA draws to a close, a question hangs heavily over Lari/Kirenga Ward: what has truly changed? Leadership is not about occupying a seat; it is about moving a people forward. Yet as we walk through our trading centres — Gitithia, Escarpment, Kabunge, Nyambari, Mathore, Rukuma, Kirenga, and Uplands — the story feels painfully familiar. The roads remain as they were. Potholes still challenge boda bodas and individuals. Traders still struggle with mud in the rainy season and dust in the dry months. Garbage collection remains inconsistent, leaving heaps where opportunity should stand.
Development is not theoretical. It is visible. It is felt. It is measurable. When a representative seeks a second term, the most powerful campaign message should not be a slogan. It should be evidence. It should be projects completed, services improved, budgets transparently utilized, and lives tangibly transformed. But if after five years we are still asking, “What has he really done?” then that question itself becomes the verdict.
An MCA’s role is clear: oversight, legislation, and representation. Oversight means holding the county executive accountable for service delivery. Legislation means crafting by-laws that improve sanitation, business regulation, and infrastructure development. Representation means amplifying the voices of Lari/Kirenga Ward in county decision-making forums. If garbage collection has not improved, if roads remain unattended, if markets lack basic organization, then oversight has been weak, advocacy insufficient, and urgency absent.
The metaphor we gonna use is blunt but powerful: you do not keep a bull that produces nothing (no mûhaka tûgarûríre ndume). Leadership is an investment. The people invest trust, votes, and five precious years. In return, they expect productivity — not promises.
Elections are not about anger; they are about evaluation. They are a performance review conducted by the public. If the results are unsatisfactory, renewal becomes negligence.
As 2027 approaches, we, the people of Lari/Kirenga, must ask themselves; have our trading centres grown? Have our roads improved? Has sanitation been prioritized? Has our MCA been visible, vocal, and effective in the county assembly? If the honest answer to these questions is no, then change is not rebellion — it is responsibility.
Democracy gives us a tool many communities around the world still fight for: the power to replace underperformance with possibility. Lari/Kirenga deserves leadership that leaves fingerprints on progress. Leadership that can point to Gitithia and say, “We improved this.” To Escarpment and say, “We fixed that.” To Kirenga and say, “We changed this.”
Early morning August 2027 will not just be another voting day. It will be a verdict. The question is simple: will Lari/Kirenga reward stagnation, or will it demand progress? The choice belongs to the people.
Development is not theoretical. It is visible. It is felt. It is measurable. When a representative seeks a second term, the most powerful campaign message should not be a slogan. It should be evidence. It should be projects completed, services improved, budgets transparently utilized, and lives tangibly transformed. But if after five years we are still asking, “What has he really done?” then that question itself becomes the verdict.
An MCA’s role is clear: oversight, legislation, and representation. Oversight means holding the county executive accountable for service delivery. Legislation means crafting by-laws that improve sanitation, business regulation, and infrastructure development. Representation means amplifying the voices of Lari/Kirenga Ward in county decision-making forums. If garbage collection has not improved, if roads remain unattended, if markets lack basic organization, then oversight has been weak, advocacy insufficient, and urgency absent.
The metaphor we gonna use is blunt but powerful: you do not keep a bull that produces nothing (no mûhaka tûgarûríre ndume). Leadership is an investment. The people invest trust, votes, and five precious years. In return, they expect productivity — not promises.
Elections are not about anger; they are about evaluation. They are a performance review conducted by the public. If the results are unsatisfactory, renewal becomes negligence.
As 2027 approaches, we, the people of Lari/Kirenga, must ask themselves; have our trading centres grown? Have our roads improved? Has sanitation been prioritized? Has our MCA been visible, vocal, and effective in the county assembly? If the honest answer to these questions is no, then change is not rebellion — it is responsibility.
Democracy gives us a tool many communities around the world still fight for: the power to replace underperformance with possibility. Lari/Kirenga deserves leadership that leaves fingerprints on progress. Leadership that can point to Gitithia and say, “We improved this.” To Escarpment and say, “We fixed that.” To Kirenga and say, “We changed this.”
Early morning August 2027 will not just be another voting day. It will be a verdict. The question is simple: will Lari/Kirenga reward stagnation, or will it demand progress? The choice belongs to the people.
