The Wiper National Executive Council has warned Raila and other politicians about the Building Bridges Initiative campaigns saying the initiative is a national conversation and they will not allow it to be reduced to a political duel.
Led by Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, the council said BBI is meant to allow the country to reflect on how far it has come since the promulgation of the new Constitution.
“BBI provides us with the chance to strengthen devolution and consolidate gains made under the new dispensation and also provides a unique opportunity to address fears and concerns of millions of Kenyans who feel excluded in our governance structure,” Kalonzo said.
According to Kalonzo, Wiper believed in an all-inclusive country where no one feels left behind.
“Through the BBI framework, we need to have sobriety in debating issues raised by Kenyans,” he said.
The former vice-president criticized politics of bitterness which he said is raising political temperatures. He further stated that the BBI framework is direly needed to straighten out the merchants of violence.
Speaking in Maanzoni in Athi River, Machakos, on Sunday Kalonzo said the Party is appalled by recent political utterances by some leaders that “are likely to plunge this country into anarchy”. He added that such leaders cannot be trusted with the leadership of the country.
“Merchants of violence will have no space in post-BBI Kenya. We are fully in support of the President’s vision to leave behind a peaceful and united nation where no one lives under threats and fear,” said Kalonzo.
Kalonzo also declared the party’s support for the initiative, saying Wiper will go across the country to popularise the BBI initiative and engage robustly with Kenyans.
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Contrary to what the ORaila Odinga has been pushing for, Kalonzo said his party was not in support of the regional government that the ODM leader has been advocating for.
” In our view, what is critical for us is to strengthen devolution and make it work for the common wananchi by creating Ward Development Fund because we need to take these benefits to the wananchi.”
The Wiper leader was accompanied by his deputy – former National Assembly Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim among other Wiper leaders.
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