Activist and Kenyan politician Boniface Mwangi has reminded president Uhuru Kenyatta of a promise he made during the round table interview with journalists in Mombasa on 28 December 2018.
During the interview, president Kenyatta responded to questions from journalists on matters of national concern ranging from economic progress of the country to 2022 succession politics.
However, despite the candid response to various issues, one question from journalist Mark Maasai on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contract remained unanswered.
Maasai, while interviewing President Kenyatta asked whether it was possible for him to get a copy of the SGR contract between the Kenyan government and their Chinese counterpart. In his response, the president agreed to issue the journalist with a copy so that he can share with his colleagues in the industry to avoid feeding the public with wrong information and propaganda.
However, two months down the line the president is yet to hand the copy to journalists paving way to speculations of possible hidden details that the government is not comfortable making public.
Boniface Mwangi seemingly aggrieved by the president’s unfulfilled promise took to his twitter account to remind him of the still eagerly awaited for contract copy.
Hey President @UKenyatta l know you might be busy but you promised on national television to give @MarkMasai a copy of the SGR contract. Mark promised to share it with Kenyans. He is still waiting for it so that he can share. Itakuwa aje?@NziokaWaita @IEAKwame @gathara @wmnjoya https://t.co/vK3gBKtrjg
— Boniface Mwangi (@bonifacemwangi) February 8, 2019
Last year, speculations of the Chinese government taking over the Port of Mombasa should Kenya default on paying the SGR loan rocked the airwaves compelling the president to respond during the round table interview.
“The issue of taking over Mombasa Port by China is pure propaganda. We are ahead of our payment schedule for the SGR loan and there is no cause for alarm,”said Uhuru.
While the President is keen and focused on realising his big four agenda goals, Kenyans seem to be still waiting for his promise of handing a copy of the contract which has elicited a lot of debate, anxiety and allegations of a possible huge corruption scandal by the Jubilee government.