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As the fresh call for the adoption of the one-man-one-shilling formula, a method that seeks to allocate the national resources to counties in direct proportion to their economic output continues to dominate political discourse.

Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi has warned politicians against politicizing it.

Wamatangi who had proposed the formula back in 2016 when he was the senator for Kiambu says the revenue allocation formula should be an eye opener for Kenyans to discuss a fairer way of sharing the national resources.

While warning politicians against trivializing the matter that continues to trigger a storm with some politicians now turning their guns on Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who has also called for its implementation. Wamatangi said the formula seeks for fairness in division of revenue.

“The father behind one-man one-vote one-shilling is Kimani Wamatangi. I did not propose this as an ethnic discussion, those claiming the revenue sharing formula is ethnic in nature are deceitful. I introduced it to fight for better and equal allocation of resources to the people,” said Wamatangi.

Speaking at Komothai and Ngewa Wards in Githunguri Sub-County where he issued bursary cheques and commissioned borehole at Komothai Coffee Growers Cooperative Society milling factory, Wamatangi said some regions have been unfairly and discriminatingly outstripping others insisting that the discussion should not be reduced to a Mt Kenya talk.

He singled out that some regions such as Turkana with very low populations have been receiving huger allocations compared to Kiambu which enjoys a population of more than 2.5 million people.

“Where have we erred when we say that we are populous in nature and should consequently receive fairer allocation? When others say, they have large tracks of land and animals, we say our people are too many,” said the governor.

His sentiments were echoed by a number of Ward Representatives led by Charles Kang’ethe and Kennedy Odhiambo who said Mt Kenya and Kiambu residents have been shortchanged for many years.