Friday, 24 June 2016

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS

PRESIDENT UHURU STORMS INTO PARLIAMENT
Wow....this is interesting and happens to be one of the trending topics in the world of Kenyan politics. I am sure the question running through most people's minds is 'what in the world would prompt such an act by our very own President....well here's why.

Apparently, a furious President Uhuru Kenyatta stormed a meeting of Jubilee MPs and ordered them to abandon a scheme by members of the National Assembly to block passage of the Budget. The dramatic intervention at lunchtime in a Nairobi hotel Thursday by the President and his deputy, William Ruto, averted a looming shutdown of government operations after the House in the afternoon approved the report on the Budget estimates. Sources said the dressing-down lasted less than 10 minutes, during which the President declared he would not tolerate actions meant to sabotage his government, and then drove back to State House together with Ruto. The Head of State is reported to have warned the legislators of unspecified consequences if they failed to pass the crucial agenda.



And to signal his seriousness, the President is understood to have told the MPs he would demand a list should the matter end up in a physical vote to establish those who had not voted for it. President Uhuru is said to have challenged his troops to explain the relationship between the Budget and a court case challenging the legality of the Sh35 billion National Government Constituency Development Fund that has infuriated MPs. He asked the MPs to leave the court to do its work, before asking them to go back to Parliament and ensure the Budget was passed. “He asked us why we wanted to place hurdles in the way of his government. Some of our colleagues who tried to argue out the case were also asked to explain their interest in the court case,” an MP confided in The Standard. “The boss was so furious that he even refused to talk to us further and stormed out of the meeting, together with Ruto, ignoring calls by my colleagues urging them to stay,” added a Jubilee MP from Central. He went on: “The two even declined to take lunch at the invitation of the House leadership.” Another legislator said the President took issue with their demands on the fund, warning that his administration’s projects would not be put in jeopardy. “The President expressed his displeasure with the MPs for trying to undermine his government for their selfish interests," he said.


Well...there you have it the reason as to why the President stormed into parliament furious. You'd really expect Jubilee MPs to be more supportive but well known to most of us politics is quite unpredictable.









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