•Ruto on Monday said that the Constitution envisages fair and equitable sharing of all our resources and challenged Parliament to play its rightful role in the process.
•The stalemate has stalled the passage of county allocation of revenue Bill.
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The ongoing revenue formula debate is unnecessarily divisive, Deputy President William Ruto has said.
Ruto on Monday said that the Constitution envisages fair and equitable sharing of all our resources and challenged Parliament to play its rightful role in the process.
"The legislature must as per its mandate structure a win-win formula that is sensitive to proposals made without hurting any county. Inawezakana," the DP tweeted.
The senators have failed to agree on a formula despite weeks of negotiations.
The stalemate has stalled the passage of county allocation of revenue Bill.
Before the Bill is passed and signed into law by the President, counties cannot get money.
This has caused division in political parties with members taking different stands.
Over the weekend, Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang'ata's threat of "no new revenue sharing formula no BBI" laid bare the length to which President Uhuru Kenyatta's team is prepared to go to get its goal.
Kang'ata's ultimatum over the revenue formula standoff has been interpreted as a part of the plan to sabotage ODM Raila Odinga's political ideals.
The Murang’a senator, a key Uhuru ally, said on Saturday that the president's camp will abandon the BBI process if the Senate shoots down the new revenue allocation formula which pegs the distribution on population.
Raila allies have claimed there was a scheme to throw him under the bus over the stalemate.
Key Raila confidants said that Uhuru's allies want to blackmail the ODM leader by projecting the BBI process as a Raila project.
Part of the blackmail plan, according to Raila's lieutenants, is to attempt to forcefully push through the contentious new revenue sharing formula, which proposes major funding cuts to counties in Raila's bases.
The new formula, according to some of Raila's allies, is part of a political plot to destabilise the ODM leader and spoil his political fortunes ahead of 2022.
The Star has established that Raila held a virtual meeting with a key ODM party organ, the Central Management Committee last Friday, where a decision was made to reject the revenue formula.
During the meeting Raila told his troops not to accept the new revenue formula, setting the stage for a showdown with Kenyatta's team.
ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi called for the shelving of the proposed revenue sharing formula to give room for more consultation.
But Ruto allies seemed to be enjoying the grandstanding in the Uhuru and Raila camps.
Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika, who lost her Majority Whip position said Uhuru should carry his own cross.
“Some guy kicked out his wife and kids and moved in another woman and her kids. Now he needs the family’s support to accomplish a task. His ‘new family’ has refused to help. Should the old family hold their noses and help him, Watch the show unfold or show him the middle finger,” she tweeted.
Former Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen who was sacked alongside Kihika said Kang’ata has equated the proposed formula to BBI and failure to pass it renders BBI meaningless.