Even if Raila said no, I’d still meet Ruto – Jalang'o

Lang'ata Member of Parliament Phelix Odiwuor alias Jalang'o has said if his party leader Raila Odinga had said no to his State House visit, he still would have seen gone. 

Speaking during an interview with Spice FM, Jalang'o said Raila had given them a go-ahead on matters concerning development. 

"Raila has already given us a go-ahead on matters development, every party member has a key to discuss development, if I had to call him again in regards to State House call and he said no, I would still have gone," he said. 

"If I receive a call, I will of course ask the agenda of the meeting, if it's development, I will go, if not, I won't go."

Jalang'o said when President William Ruto first visited his constituency, he called Raila and he was given an okay to attend the groundbreaking of affordable housing in the Highrise ward. 

"When the President was visiting my area for the first time for the affordable housing project, I called my party leader and he told me, if it's anything development, go ahead, and be part of it," he said. 

He further stated that the people of Lang'ata don't care who is the President of the Republic but want development in the constituency. 

"It's the people of Lang'ata who will judge me at the end of the day, politics now withstanding," he said. 

On Tuesday after the meeting, Jalang'o said he was following up on the affordable housing in the Highrise ward. 

“Today, we had breakfast with the President, I followed up on the Start date of the construction of affordable housing in the Highrise ward and the completion of the Langata TVET,” he said.

The meeting received backlash from his party, with the director of communications Philip Etale saying that the meeting by the MPs was no surprise for them. 

"The party has been monitoring closely the behind-the-scenes activities involving some of them and today was just the climax," he said in a statement.