Kenya: The VP’s wife accepts government allowance and will put it out for charity while PM’s wife rejected the allowance thinking it was meant for her own personal use.
Posted by African Press International on September 6, 2008
Now what will happen? Will the PM’s wife change her mind and copy the VP’s wife in her wisdom on putting the money to charity? It is difficult to forsee the next action that the PM’s wife will take now that the VP’s wife has captured positive attention.(API)
VP’s wife accepts allowance, for charity
Written By:KBC Reporter
The vice president’s wife Pauline Kalonzo has accepted the monthly allowance of 400,000 shillings but says she would donate all of it to charity.
Mrs. Kalonzo said she would donate the money to six charitable organizations in the country to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the post election crisis.
48 internally displaced children from Kirathimo IDPs camp in Limuru who are currently enrolled at Parklands Primary School, Muli Childrens Home at Yatta, Women Against HIV/Aids and Poverty in Isiolo are among the beneficiaries of the funds, Mrs Kalonzo said.
She said an independent audit would be carried out yearly in each organization to ensure transparency in the way the funds are utilized.
Pauline said in line with her long association with charity work and humanitarian activities she was in the process of reviewing the lists of the less fortunate in the society.
The move comes only a few days after the prime minister’s wife Ida Odinga turned down the offer of the monthly allowance from the government.
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