President Uhuru Kenyatta finally made Raila Odinga agree to his formula on revenue sharing.
Raila Odinga caved-in to Uhuru Kenyatta after the President through his proxy, Senate Majority Leader, Irungu Kang’ata threatened to pull out from BBI and end the handshake agreements.
“The President will put all stops to mend fences with the Tanga Tanga brigade on this and if the government loses the Tuesday vote, then we will be coming together to also collectively as Jubilee family refuse the Handshake and it’s attached BBI and all other accrued benefits to parties we have entered into cooperation with,” stated Kang’ata.
In a statement, Raila supported President Uhuru Kenyatta saying it was high time the lawmakers adopted the formula that originated from the Commission for Revenue Allocation.
“Under the circumstances, the country and our people would better served if we adopted the recommendation of the CRA for the next five years,” stated Raila.
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“This stand-off is causing paralysis and mistrust at a time the country needs to be united and singularly focused on tackling the grave pandemic [Covid-19] currently threatening the lives and livelihoods of our people.”
“It has also taken a dangerous ethnic undertone instead of being a level-headed debate on the nation’s development trajectory,” he added.
Raila Odinga isn’t impressed on the way the fight is taking the ethnic approach that he described as toxic to the country especially if the Senate decides to remain to turn down President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recommendation.
