The ODM leader criticized the government action, adding that it needed to pull back and let go of actions that can take away the gains that the country has made on the path of democratization.
“The warlords need to stop beating the drums of war or financing the divisive rhetoric and our legislators involved in this matter need to search their souls in all honesty and put public good above private gain,” Raila said.
According to Raila, the division that was seen in the Senate over the revenue sharing formula between the 47 devolved units should not be allowed to tone down the ethnic and regional rhetoric and diffuse the tensions that erupted to the surface over the issue.
“At a time that we need to come together to confront monumental problems including a struggling economy, schools whose gates are shut for children and a chronic health care crisis, we cannot afford to push positions that cause more divisions in the hope that such can boost our chances in competitive politics,” he said.
Raila added that the country should desist from actions and utterances that have the potential not only to widen the ethnic divide but also to denigrate the country’s young experiment with devolution of resources and services.
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He went ahead to call on the state and politicians to work together for the benefit of all Kenyans.
Senators linked the arrest of the three senators on the controversial revenue sharing formula debate.
Police officers camped at the lawmakers’ homes throughout Sunday night trying to arrest, but it was not until midday on Monday.
