Mukurweini MP John Kagucia has claimed that Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja is pushing Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s agenda in government.
Speaking on Tuesday, the MP claimed that the governor was Raila’s mouthpiece trying to push his agenda of ‘dialogue and handshake’.
“Yes Sakaja joined Kenya Kwanza quite late and we can see he is advancing Raila’s case. We have many people not only him who might be advancing cases for the other side,” Kagucia said.
His remarks come after Sakaja on Sunday, in what was seemingly taken out of context, had called for dialogue with opposition leaders.
The MP said Sakaja was trying to please the government and the Opposition as Nairobi was a cosmopolitan area.
However, he challenged the opposition to come with clean hands if they are sincere in having a conversation with the government.
“If you want to have a conversation with the government, come with clean hands and talk. They should ask President Ruto how they can work around together,” Kagucia said.
Sakaja had earlier said no one wants a handshake or nusu mkate government, but all leaders must be acknowledged.
"The economy is bad enough and protests will further hurt Kenyans, there is nothing that can't be sorted after talks. Let's not plunge the country into a crisis," he said.
Senator Richard Onyonka however defended Sakaja saying he had come to terms with the situation on the ground.
“Sakaja clearly understood the implications of what is happening right now; the country's finances are a mess, we lack foreign reserves, and our educational system is on a roller coaster,” he said.
