MCAS are the new ward boses after disbanded of councillors many of them have been thought to be illiterate and poor but here is a list of top riches MCAs with some being billionaires.
1.MCA Hatimy, the humble billionaire
With his wealth said to be in the billions, Mohammed Hatimy could as well be one of the richest MCAs in Kenya.
Hatimy, is currently in his second term at the Mombasa County Assembly where he is a nominated MCA and strategist for Governor Ali Hassan Joho, with whom he has been in politics since 2007.
2.My American passport allows me to travel the world
Cyrus Ngure is moneyed. During the 2017 elections he campaigned for the MCA’s seat using a Hummer.
Ngure nicknamed ‘American Boy’, Ngure won by a landslide after portraying himself as a man of means who had no interest dipping his hand in public coffers. In fact, the MCA for Rugi Ward in Nyeri County can do without salary and allowances.
“I made more money as a businessman than I do as an MCA if someone asked me this position is not at all lucrative, if anything it is a sacrifice,” Ngure said, standing next to his chocolate brown Mercedes Benz E 350 in a fitting suit.
3.I didn’t become an MCA to make money
Magutu Ward MCA Pauline Wanjira popularly known as ‘Wa Mabati’ from her construction and roofing business is another County Assembly member who is not counting on her salary to survive.
Wanjira admits that as a businesswoman she has the capacity to make more financially than she does at the assembly and says she spent over three times what she had budgeted for terming the exercise as one of the most expensive ventures she has undertaken.
“I did not come to the assembly to make money, I came to serve the people and their interests must come first before my own” says Wanjira who started out as a marketer for a major construction company in 2010.
4.I entered politics out of curiosity
Iriaini Ward MCA John Theuri aka ‘Jambo Kenya’ started out as mobile phone repairman in 2003 before upgrading to selling cell phones for five years.
He advanced to selling accessories before starting an MPesa agency under Mobistar Communications which boasts over 100 Mpesa shops countrywide.
Theuri now has vast interests in real estate, his latest venture.
“I started out as humble businessman, and when I see an opportunity I take it, once I start something I see it through to the very end, ”Theuri said, adding he too has travelled all over the world especially China for business.
5.Manyatta slum boy spins his V8 with a sleek swagger
Joachim Okech the Kondele MCA at the Kisumu County Assembly joined politics to “give back to the community”. Nicknamed ‘Swagger’ because of his lavish living and flamboyance during political campaigns, he drives a Prado V8.
A transporter with a fleet of matatus and trucks, ‘Swagger’ told The Nairobian that he’s a businessman with interests in various sectors in Western Kenya and that the MCA’s position is just a way of giving back to the less fortunate.
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