• He went on to say that Khalwale had chosen to only to see the truth in the Privatisation Bill, but to also speak it.
• On Saturday, Khalwale opposed plans to privatise Mumias and Nzoia Sugar companies.
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Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has reacted to remarks by his Kakamega counterpart Boni Khalwale over plans by the state to privatise parastatals.
Speaking on Sunday, Sifuna said that in everything, there is a truth that they all see despite their political differences.
He went on to say that Khalwale had chosen to only to see the truth in the Privatisation Bill, but to also speak it.
According to the Senator Khalwale is now a free man.
"There is an objective truth that we can all see despite our political differences. On every single issue, all of us know what the truth is. At least on the Privatization Bill Omwami @KBonimtetezi has chosen not just to know the truth but to speak it. He is free now," he tweeted on Sunday.
The Privatisation Bill seeks to have all non-profit-making State Corporations privatised in a bid to turn things around.
On Saturday, Khalwale opposed plans to privatise Mumias and Nzoia Sugar companies.
He said the government should not let off the sugar mills saying the two are at the heart of the Luhya community.
He said the Luhya community prides itself in the firms and that they donated their ancestral lands to have Mumias and Nzoia sugar domiciled in Western Kenya.
"Mimi kama Kiongozi wa jamii ya waluhya. Babu zetu walipeana 12,500 hectares of Mumias Sugar company na wakapeana 24,500 hectares of the Nzoia sugar company. If you privatise, someone will go away with our ancestral land. Sisi hatuezi unga mkono. We cannot," he said.
He spoke on Saturday in Malava Constituency where churches organised a thanksgiving service.
Khalwale went on to urge the state to act on challenges facing the sugar factories rather than privatising them.
"This is not out of disrespect for the president and the government. That is the little we have in the economy of the sugar industry," he said.