Every sky has a silver lining as well as where they are so many good things they must be a rotten one lying in the midst.
We have been singing praise songs for the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
To be true the handshake has had a lot of benefits so far to Kenyans. The political climate is cool and relaxed. Everything else is moving people are getting jobs and it seems everyone is happy with it.
But have you ever thought that it can be a trick to rob us blindly.
The handshake has been mistaken as a license to steal public funds, ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi has claimed.
Claiming that he is also interested to be part of the government or even getting awarded a position for being President Uhuru’s royalty has said handshake is a scam.
Mudavadi said even though the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga brought tranquility, it has gagged Opposition MPs from pointing out the ills in government.
Speaking in Mombasa, Mudavadi said corruption has become rampant in the National Assembly to an extent that reports are being doctored. He said MPs have neglected their oversight role.
He cited the debates on contraband sugar and illegal maize imports whose outcomes were marred with bribery allegations.
“Parliament has gone to bed with the Executive and abandoned its sacred function of keeping the government in check. Parliament reports are either altered or diluted and mutilated to protect partisan interests and not those of the public,” Mudavadi said.
This is a first siren that has been let ringing after most people declare their wish to jump into the ship of the handshake and sail together with the government in the effort to achieve the big four agenda.
The latest claim will shock down the handshake and make Kenyans re think of better ways.
But do you think Mudavadi has a justifiable call?