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- Kiambu County Assembly Majority Leader Godfrey Waiyaki Mucheke has backed Governor Kimani Wamatangi to serve for a second term after what he described as an "impressive performance."

Mucheke's remarks came months after a section of MCAs threatened to impeach Wamatangi, accusing him of failing to fulfil his campaign pledges.

However, in an exclusive interview with , the assembly majority leader said the allegations against Wamatangi were baseless and premature, arguing that the governor had only been in office for less than two years and could only do so much.

He noted that the governor's critics had refused to see the impressive work he had done since taking over as the county boss in August 2022.

"In two years, we have built six level four hospitals, built 26 level three hospitals, established fifteen state-of-the-art ambulances, acquired eight fire fighting equipments, built and equipped 239 ECDE centers and 67 more coming up to completion before June this year," said Mucheke.

The Kalimoni MCA argued that the first-time governor had achieved much more than what his three predecessors had done in 10 years.

"It is Wamatangi who established a proper feeding program for our ECDE going chicken, equiped all our health facilities with modern medical equipment, raised drug levels in our health facilities to over 80%, raised our Own Source Revenue from KSh 2.9 billion to KSh 4.6 billion within two years," added the ward rep.

He urged MCAs and the people of Kiambu county to back Wamatangi's re-election to "sustain the record-breaking development trajectory."

According to Mucheke, Kiambu had lagged for a long because of poor leadership and could not afford to make another mistake.

"Without a doubt, our great County is in the right trajectory, and we can't wait to give Governor Wamatangi another term in 2027 to ensure we make Kiambu Great Again," he affirmed.

Wamatangi has equally been working closely with the national government to elevate Thika town to attain city status.

Last week, an ad hoc committee appointed to assess the level of Thika town's preparedness to be transformed into a city submitted its final report, signalling progress towards achieving this ambitious goal.

The governor received the report and charter from the committee chaired by former Senator Sylvia Kasanga, and handed it over to the County Assembly Speaker Charles Thiongo and Clerk John Mutie.

Speaking during the event held at Mount Kenya University's graduation pavilion, Wamatang'i exuded confidence in the process and progress.

"I have no doubt in my mind that Thika town will become Kenya's sixth city because it deserves it," said the county boss

Once the county assembly approves the report, it will be forwarded to the Senate for debate and final approval.

This will then pave the way for the president to hand over the charter to Thika, effectively recognising it as Kenya's sixth city.

Wamatang'i said the city status, if granted, will open up Thika town to the world and attract more investment opportunities and development projects.

He projected the creation of over 50,000 jobs for residents of Thika and it's environs.

Source: TUKO.co.ke