The Deputy President, William Samoei Ruto has come forward to single out the former Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga over alleged intentions of stealing monies from the hustlers.
William Ruto has something to say about the planned referendum on the BBI(Building Bridges Initiative) speaking in Murang’a County.
DP Ruto attacked Raila Odinga over his suggestion of the BBI referendum exercise not costing more than Ksh. 2 billion.
Earlier on, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission suggested that the exercise would cost the taxpayer a whopping Ksh. 14 billion.
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“Leave IEBC alone because even the previous referendum when he was Prime Minister it cost us about Ksh10 billion with 12 million voters.” Ruto posed, going on to add, “How do you then expect to spend Ksh2 billion on a referendum with 19 million voters?”
The Deputy President hinted that the former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga is fighting the commission and intimidating them with the intent of being called the President of the Republic of Kenya.
“If they (Uhuru and RAILA) are really genuine about saving money, then we should all iron out issues of contention especially those touching on the ordinary person, and avoid a referendum,” he added.
The IEBC responding to Raila Odinga’s allegations of the commission siphoning money using the general election and the proposed referendum that the commission had set a Ksh. 14 billion budget, they termed Odinga’s allegation as unfortunate, low on objectivity, and lacking understanding of the conduct of elections.
Raila had issued an official statement on Thursday, October 29, calling for a complete overhaul of the commission over their recommendation of the Ksh 14 billion to carry out the BBI referendum.
