Share this
Raila To Ruto: Stop Lying To Kenyans, You Had Time In Government To Deliver
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga took a swipe at Deputy President William Ruto for giving empty promises to Kenyans since 2013.
While speaking at the Bukhungu Stadium, Odinga said that his policy since his time in the grand coalition government where he served as Prime Minister under Mwai Kibaki’s regime, is to promise and deliver.
“We don’t want people who go and out there making noise. Just ask Ruto he has been making noise. Kibaki and I left Mumias being operational. Ruto has been in government since 2013 and he is busy saying that once he gets to government he will revive Mumias. Why has he failed in all those years?” Odinga posed.
He paraded the investors of the Uganda-based conglomerate Sarai Group who recently won the lease for the assets of Mumias Sugar after emerging top in a bidding process that lasted four months.
The ODM leader alluded that Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala was among the leaders who impeded investors from taking over the ailing sugar company.
Refering to Malala as ‘Omondi’, Raila said, “he ran to the court with others to impede Sarrai from taking over Mumias. This is the new investor and I want him in six months Mumias company should be up and running.”
This appears to be the bag of goodies that Odinga carried to the residents of the Western region as he seeks to lock the vote-rich region under the Azimio Movement in the 2022 polls.
“We will build industries here in Kakamega so that we can do value addition for the assets in this region,” promised Odinga.