Nominated Member of Parliament Maina Kamanda claims that President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto clashed over March 9th handshake with opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The veteran politician says that Kenyatta and Ruto engaged in an ugly confrontation during a meeting with Jubilee party MPs at State House a few months ago.
Kamanda says the meeting was to rally MPs from the governing party behind the contentious Finance Bill 2018.
Kamanda who claims to be present during the meeting, which was held a few months after the famous handshake between Kenyatta and Odinga, says Ruto urged MPs loyal to him to reject the Bill in a bid to embarrass the President.
“I remember when we were called to State House as Uhuru needed us to pass the Finance Bill 2018 to help his government raise revenue for development. At that meeting, the Deputy President bitterly opposed his boss and even some of our Mt Kenya MPs were on his side,” says the former Starehe MP.
“They were only interested in embarrassing the President,” he says during an interview with a local FM station.
The government through the Finance Bill sought to introduce an 8 percent value-added tax (VAT) on fuel products – a move that was widely unpopular among Kenyans.
The bill finally sailed through after Odinga and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka marshaled their MPs to back it.
Correctional: This article…
Correctional: This article reads “Kamanda who claims to BE present during the meeting, which was held a few months after the famous handshake between Kenyatta and Odinga, says Ruto urged MPs loyal to him to reject the Bill in a bid to embarrass the President.
Correction:
The BE should be Replaced by “HAVE BEEN ” to read
“Kamanda who claims to ‘have been’ present during the meeting, which was held a few months after the famous handshake between Kenyatta and Odinga, says Ruto urged MPs loyal to him to reject the Bill in a bid to embarrass the President.”
It looks like Raila is…
It looks like Raila is really the De Facto President of Kenya.?
Why has the President taken…
Why has the President taken too long to Comment on or Condemn the Terrorist attack on Dusit hotel. Why?
It is a shame that all our…
It is a shame that all our so called leaders are talking about is petty politics about,handshake this, handshake that while huge happenings in the country seems to be a non- issue.
Security of our people and the nation (Bombing)
Resources of the nation (Mombasa Port)
Human resources (Kenyans being humiliated in the country and outside country by foreigners)
Our language’s being encroached upon by foreign languages .
Corruption
And all there is to talk about is succession this, and handshake that.
God help Kenya to leave the Dynasties behind and give new leadership that cares about the country and its people. A leadership that realizes that real blood was shed and one that understands what our forefathers went through at the hands of colonizers so the same is not repeated.
God give Kenya leaders not politicians. God help Kenya!!
mkristo (Ruto) aendela kutoa…
mkristo (Ruto) aendela kutoa hongo makanisani. Lakini wakati huu aona cha mtema kuni.
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