[PHOTOS] Nyeri pit latrine governors' billboard, huge drainage bump causes a stir online

Nyeri Deputy Governor (DG)Caroline Karugu has criticized a pit latrine billboard erected by Governor Mutahi Kahiga and Konyu Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) Eric Mwangi.

The DG said the billboard was a cheap publicity prank and bad advise.

“I wish to disassociate from these persistent cheap publicity stunts and I consider them extremely unfortunate and ill-advised,” she said.

The billboard in question is erected at Konyu ward as a signpost for a Nyeri County proposed project to build a pit latrine at Kahara ECDE Centre.

Deputy Governor Nyeri County Caroline Karugu has distanced herself from the petty/shoddy job done by @GovernorKahiga development team, building pit latrines and advertising the same on big billboards. Its all a waste of public funds. pic.twitter.com/IeWiYPT4OG

— 𝕂𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕟 𝕄 𝕄𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒🇰🇪 (@KEVINMAINA_) June 4, 2020

The picture of the billboard has gone viral on social media drawing massive attention.

Another shocking photo of drainage system that created a huge bump went viral on the state of the Nyeri county engineers.

Only in Nyeri County where a contractor will deliver such a drainage and get paid in totality. Cc @ahmednasirlaw @KoinangeJeff @RobertAlai #KOT#OnlyInNyeri pic.twitter.com/EDrbCdxjRk

— BUSINESS #MAMBA (@Giteruh) June 4, 2020

The majority of people reacting to it asked why such Ksh 50,000 a low-cost project like a pit latrine would need such a post.

This is too much in Nyeri county…#stopthisnonsense pic.twitter.com/docOzADKFN

— Andrew Njuki (@NjukiMteja) June 4, 2020