{"id":101519,"date":"2023-08-27T20:33:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/dont-expect-more-state-jobs-gachagua-tells-western-region"},"modified":"2023-08-27T20:46:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:46:37","slug":"dont-expect-more-state-jobs-gachagua-tells-western-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/dont-expect-more-state-jobs-gachagua-tells-western-region","title":{"rendered":"Don’t expect more state jobs, Gachagua tells Western region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has told residents of the Western region that they should not expect additional state jobs as they have been rewarded commensurately with their ‘shares’.<\/p>\n

Gachagua, who is famed for his analogy of the Kenya Kwanza government distributing state jobs based on the voting strength in the past polls, said the region has received more than enough.<\/p>\n

“You have been rewarded commensurately with your many shares,” Gachagua said in response to National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula’s request for more jobs for the region.<\/p>\n

Wetang’ula had thanked President William Ruto for appointing people from Western Kenya to top government jobs but, in jest, asked that the region get more jobs.<\/p>\n

“We want to thank the President for appointing sons and daughters from this region to very senior government positions but I want to ask that add us more,” Wetang’ula said.<\/p>\n

When he rose to speak, Gachagua said the Western region delivered massive votes to Kenya Kwanza in the 2022 general election that decisively secured the presidential victory.<\/p>\n

“For now, my friend the speaker let other regions get those jobs because we have given you enough, but if you increase shares sometime later, then we shall consider,” he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a church service in Bungoma, Gachagua said the government will continue to reward people based on their shares.<\/p>\n

The DP’s remarks have previously triggered a political storm with the opposition attacking him for likening the government to a shareholding company.<\/p>\n

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