Did you ever imagine that Kenya would get someone who will always come in to save a political gridlock? Well, It finally got one.
After managing to bring to an end the political stalemate in Kenya through handshake between him and president Uhuru Kenyatta, ODM leader Raila Odinga on Sunday directed Kisumu MCAs to stop persistent wrangles in the assembly and focus on the county’s development.
He met the MCAs in a closed-door meeting at Sovereign hotel to discuss the fights in the assembly.
Speaker Onyango Oloo, according to an MCA who spoke to one of the local dailies in confidence, was largely blamed for the persistent fights.
The county lawmaker said the ODM leader was candid that the wrangles are unhealthy and risk stiffing the county’s economic development agenda.
Raila reportedly told the ward representatives to remain committed to their legislative, representative, and oversight role.
The MCA said Oloo has been put on “probation” for one year to restore sanity in the House or face impeachment.
“All the fingers were pointing at him including the report by county ODM leaders on the chaos in the assembly. He was told to correct the mess by engaging all MCAs.”
According to the MCA, Raila told members that party decisions must be respected and those who go against such will be punished.
The MCAs’ differences arose from a plan to rent office spaces for Sh5 million in one of the malls in the town without proper procedure.
The members, who accuse the former TNA secretary general of mismanaging the assembly, have also rejected a proposal for a Sh300 million speaker’s residence.
The differences have pit Oloo on one side and majority leader Kenneth Onyango on the other. Raila brought a truce between them at the meeting.
Odinga is now ending political enmity not less than once, something that made him get an appointment at the United nations as a high representative for infrastructure in Africa Union Commission.
Would you agree that Raila has helped keep the country at peace?