EQUITY IS THE HALLMARK OF MERU COUNTY

In a traditional polygamous Meru homestead, even where there were as many as seven mothers, equity was upheld for everybody including the children who were never left to suffer from want regardless of the industry of their biological mothers. Now that we have a brand new Meru County represented by seven MPs, who represent the mothers in the homestead,  I would like us to start off in a new order that will take into consideration the diversity of the 1.5 million residents so as to make everybody happy and comfortable.
The seven MPs viz. Ntoitha Mithiaru, Mithika Linturi, Peter Munya, Kilemi Mwiria, Silas Muriuki, Gitobu Imanyara and Kiraitu Murungi have the unenviable task of preparing the ground work to make this a reality. They will also need to remember that although the Merus have been divided into two counties, the Muthambi, Mwimbi, Chuka and Tharaka should never be treated as foster children, for to do so, will propagate the colonial mentality of administrative boundaries that have brought in a lot of strife and animosity in our country.  The task ahead is enormous but it can be made easier if it's tackled diligently by sober minds devoid of selfish considerations that were the defining points in the creation of the districts and other administrative units in the past.
I think that the new county has its cloth cut out in the form of a benchmark that can be found in the South Imenti Constituency led by Hon Kiraitu Murungi. This constituency should serve as the model on which to grow the new county. Therefore instead of lengthy secret meetings, ostensibly, to find ways of establishing the new county, let's ask Kiraitu Murungi to avail the blue print for his constituency to the other six MPs so that they may give it an informed critique and thus improve on it for adoption at the county level. Perhaps, the residents of South Imenti may feel uncomfortable to enter this marriage with some of the laggards but everybody needs to be given assurance that their needs will be accommodated such that the lifestyles of all residents improve instead of retrogressing.
Therefore, as much data as possible needs to be collected and analyzed in order to lay out an acceptable and progressive plan for a prosperous future. The MPs have to find a working formula to bring the stakeholders at a round table conference where notes can be compared and plans charted. However, if people continue in the same old order of keeping secret cards under the table or playing out clan stereotypes, we may not achieve equity for all residents, which I think, should be the vision for our new county.