A section of leaders from Murang'a want Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang'ata to make clear his stand on BBI.
The leaders who included Woman Representative Sabina Chege, Mathioya MP Peter Kimari and his Kangema counterpart Muturi Kigano said Kang'ata seems conflicted about the BBI despite being part of the government. Murang'a MPs challenge Kang'ata to take stand on BBI
Chege on her part said Kang'ata should stop going to churches explaining why he wrote the controversial letter to the President and instead start explaining to locals what is contained in the document.
Kang'ata has recently been attending church services in which he explains that what he wrote in the letter was the truth and that many people from the Mt Kenya region want issues plaguing the agriculture sector sorted out first.
"As the Chief Whip and a lawyer, Kang'ata should step in and seal the loopholes that he has identified in the BBI. We cannot wait for the President to go to the grassroots to lobby for the document," she said.
Chege underscored the need for political leaders to disassociate BBI from the 2022 politics and called on Kang'ata to stop issuing conflicting statements.
Once it goes through, Chege said BBI will occasion immense development countrywide and that any political leader with ambitions should lobby for it as it will channel more resources to the grassroots.
"Some people are opposing BBI because they have been promised ministry positions but they should know that if BBI does not go through, they may not get the chance," she added.
Kimari on his part said Kang'ata is on his way to Tangatanga and that he is looking for ways to attract Kenyans' sympathy
He said after leaking the letter to the media, Kang'ata thought he would be removed from his prestigious position so that he'd claim he had been victimised.
"But now that things did not go as planned, Kang'ata is now looking for ways to remain relevant,' he added.
Kimari especially took issue with the senator for claiming that his letter had prompted a chain of reactions from government officials especially in the agriculture sector.
Kang'ata had told coffee farmers attending a meeting convened by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya at General Kago stadium in Kangema on Friday that his letter was the reason the CS had started meeting farmers in the counties.
"In my letter, I said that farmers wanted issues facing the tea and coffee sectors resolved and now the CS has started meeting farmers," he said.
But Kimari told Kang'ata off saying it is hypocritical to make such claims and that Munya's efforts to fight for reforms in the tea and coffee sectors started long ago.
"The Jubilee government has been very proactive on matters affecting farmers and Mt Kenya residents know that BBI will bring more resources. After all, 40 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product comes from this region," he said.
Kangema MP Muturi Kigano said Kang'ata should not have made the letter public and that he should have sought a better way of addressing the issues raised.
"If indeed you respect the President and are in constant communication with him, why did you have to write him a letter instead of addressing him personally?" the MP wondered.
Edited by Henry Makori
