The minister said: "The move is not political. The Government is doing its duty of providing services to its citizens."
He continued: "Some people are saying we are doing this because of the General Election this year. This is not true. We are doing this as part of the Government's duty to change the lives of its citizens," he said.
The minister and his entourage moved around in three helicopters to see the distribution of the relief food to 6,261 displaced residents.
He was in a Kenya Wildlife Service helicopter in the company of his permanent secretary Cyrus Gitui, Coast provincial commissioner Ernest Munyi and Malindi and Magarini MPs Mr Lucas Maitha and Mr Harry Kombe respectively.
Mr Michuki said an MP or leader who distanced himself from the Government should not expect to do much for their people because "if a child bites the nipples of its mother's breasts, it can not continue to suck milk".
Mr Maitha urged the Government to construct dams on River Sabaki to control floods. Mr Kombe urged it to build dykes and gabions on the river banks.
Source: All Africa
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