Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi observed that the recently released Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has some devil within it.
He also noted that most parts of the report were good.
“By and large, the report is good and we support it.. but we say the devil is always in the details. So we have to read the report very keenly to see if there are any games in it,” Kiraitu said.
According to Murungi, the main interest of the Council of Governors was the increase of revenue allocation to the counties.
“We are looking for a solution in the BBI… I’ve seen at least it will give double the allocation, which will allow us to do a lot of grassroots projects in Meru,” the governor.
He pointed out that the main reason why the devolved units will back report was the increased allocation.
The BBI proposed the allocation to the counties to be raised from the current minimum of 15 percent to 35 percent.
Kiraitu on the other against the proposal that governors and their deputies must be of different gender, arguing that there are other dynamics involved.
“A candidate always looks at the votes. If having a man as a running mate will make you have more votes than having a woman, then you go for a man anytime. We have to play politics with the rules of politics,” Kiraitu said.
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The governor also pointed out that BBI cannot solve tribal politics since tribe and politics are inseparable.
“Luos will always be there… Merus… so whether BBI says they are there or not, they will always be there,” he said.
He also hoped there will be a chance to make some changes to the reports.
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