During Wednesday sitting in Parliament, both Azimio and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) members of parliament condemned Gachagua’s pointman, Mutahi Kahiga for his unrealistic demands to President Ruto.
According to the MPs, the Gachagua’s Pointman that has in recent weeks been pushing for respect towards the Deputy President, is making demands that will cause chaos in this country.
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Mutahi Kahiga’s recent remarks put him on the spot when he demanded that some regions should be excluded from development due to their 2022 voting patterns as compared to Mt Kenya.
Led by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, the MPs said development is the entire nation’s right regardless of voting patterns in general elections and the self-centeredness pushed by the Nyeri governor risks dividing the country.
“When a government is elected it is never elected to serve those who voted for them. It is parochial, retrogressive, undemocratic and archaic to claim that other regions do not deserve development. This approach sets one region against the rest of the nation.”
This comes after Mutahi Kahiga claimed that Western region is getting more funding for development projects compared to Central region despite having given fewer votes to President Ruto.
“We have Sh9 billion in Nyeri, calculations show that Nyeri alone gave the president 272,507 votes. He got three million votes countrywide. These people in Western Kenya you have given Sh17 billion gave you 600,000 votes. Can we get what is rightfully for Nyeri.”
In addition, Kahiga also pointed out the issue of President Ruto writing off debts of Western region sugar millers. Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa called for the censure of the governor for making utterances that are against national values and interests.
“Anybody who makes utterances that appear to divide this country along how people voted, the tribal lines, those are grounds for impeachment. Every Kenyan requires development. Wherever you come from in this country is not a criminal offence.”
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Minority leader Opiyo Wandayi said it was unbelievable to listen to Governor Kahiga castigate the government for extending development to Kenyans saying that he must be called to order for attempting to devide the country along tribal lines.