President William Ruto has said that any elected Member of Parliament who misappropriates the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) should never be elected.
Speaking on Friday, during the 20th anniversary of the NG-CDF, Ruto such acts amount to betrayal of the people who elected them.
"Any member of parliament who presides over the misappropriation of CDF or the theft of CDF should never be elected. They should never be elected because it is the ultimate betrayal of the people who elected you," he said.
Ruto went on to state that an elected MP has a salary of Sh1 million and they have no business misappropriating money meant for the education of their constituents.
He insisted that such people should be chased away.
"The people of Kenya have elected you, you have a salary of Sh1 million and then the money meant for the bursary of their children, money meant for the education of their children wewe umeenda kuhangaika nayo mpaka imepotea," the President said.
"Wacha tu niwaambie ukweli, mtu kama huyo afukuzwe kabisa na mapema."
The anniversary was held at the Safari Park Hotel, in Nairobi.
NG-CDF has been funding functions that are exclusive to the National Government since 2016.
The bulk of the funds are channelled to education (78.2 per cent), security (5.7 per cent), and climate change (1.6 per cent) while other projects share the remaining percentage.
The 78.2 per cent for education comprises of bursary funds for needy and deserving children from poor backgrounds.
The NG-CDF dedicates approximately Sh15 billion annually to bursary.
On average, 1.2 million disadvantaged students benefit annually, according to the NG-CDF Board.
