500,000 and is likely cost the taxpayer up to Sh18 million as about 36 offices are required in all the sub-locations in the constituency.
Mr Agoi said: “We were constructing offices for chiefs first and this is almost complete. The second phase targets assistant chiefs and it will begin in the next financial year, 2018/19.”
Last month, the plight of the chiefs was brought to public attention by the Nation team which found assistant Chief Fred Adika serving a crowd of people in his house.
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The locals of Kedoli sub-location had arrived early at his Hakerongo home seeking to be served by the government official.
Mr Adika said he wakes up early in the morning to a queue of waiting villagers at his door, a routine common in the homes of the other assistant chiefs in the constituency.
He said the administrators made proposals for funding from CDF two years ago and they are still waiting for a response.
“My colleagues and I are forced to work from our homes or the chiefs’ offices in Govoga and Chamakanga which are far from most of the people we serve,” said Mr Adika, who is also the acting assistant Chief of Itegero sub-location.
Locals felt this state of affairs was denying them key services and they decided to construct a mud-walled office for Mr Adiga. They contributed iron sheets, nails, poles and labour, to the chagrin of elected leaders who are now promising to act.