Busia deputy governor Moses Mulomi has told the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) that border residents are always denied Kenyan citizenship by tough registration rules.
Mulomi said this is despite some being citizens by birth.
He said the national government has stringent rules that render several residents stateless where they fail to get identification cards and that this should change.
He said this has affected the population of the border counties where a good number of the populations are not registered as Kenyans.
Mulomi said the National Government has not been keen on repairing and building of new roads in the County.
“The main roads in Busia County are dilapidated. Yet these roads link Kenya to the neighboring countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the DRC. This is failure on our side. It’s unfortunate but a fact,” he said.
The DG said resources allocated to the county seem enough but most of the money goes to paying salaries and little is left for development.
Busia County Assembly through Leader of Majority Laban Mukhwana in a memorandum to the BBI said Ward Development Fund should be anchored into law so that 10% of the Growth Domestic Product goes directly towards development.
Former East African Legislative Assembly Member Gervas Akhaabi said there is no inclusivity in the executive.
Former labor Minister in President Moi’s regime Philip Masinde now 86, told the BBI Committee to compare the three successive constitutions since independence and come up with a better document.