GOVERNOR BARASA INHERITED SKELETONS OF A COUNTY. (Part One)

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Most projects begun by Oparanya in the last three months in office lacked a budget and turned out to be meant for heist. 

FRESH From the cooperate world, KETRACO boss Fernandes Barasa did not know what awaited him as Kakamega County boss. 

Backed for office by fellow FCPA Whyclife Oparanya, it is now clear Governor Barasa came to office of a county that was outside rossy but a skunk from inside. 

After settling in office the governor was confronted with a whooping Ksh 10 Billion as pending bills cumulatively with on-going projects, launched at the sun set of his predecessor's term. 
WATER! WATER! Water for locals has remained Governor Barasa's rallying call. Out of 250 inherited projects, 60 are up and running. 

Monsters like the infemous Shamakhubu Hospital, Butere Level 4, Madala Tea factory, Malava dairy and such others, ongoing without a budget were immediate concerns. 

Its clear that by June 2022, Oparanya was still launching projects and employing knowing very well the wage bill had well crossed the constitutional cap of 41%. 

Governor Fernandes Barasa was confronted with reality on finding out that even most bitumen roads had not been factored into the budget at the time of launching so difficult to pay. 

By the time it was sinking in that he had inherited a skeleton, Governor Barasa, a human resource manager begun putting flesh on the skeleton to make it walk. 
NEW FRONTEER: GOVERNOR Barasa awarding a charter to Butere Municipality. The three units will play a critical role in seeking a second teen if they fly. 
With the National allocation of Ksh 1.2B, Salaries gobble up Ksh 600M while Ksh 100M goes to the County Assembly, Governor Barasa is left with a paltry Ksh 300M.

These peanuts, he has struggled to pay off old projects to finish, and launch his own as layed out in his six point agenda. 

For instance in Butere, the incomplete Firatsi water project stands out as a sore thumb yet it's supposed to drive the Amathsi Khumuliango narrative in the six-point agenda. 

Its clear that the contractor who was awarded the Butere level 4 hospital was also paid all the Ksh 130M project sum for the Firatsi project. 

Audits expose a pattern of financial malpractice, including book tampering, large-scale theft by senior executives, bribery, suspicious bank withdrawals and conflict of interest, where procurement contracts were awarded to companies linked to top officials....
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART TWO........

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