MPs and senators from Rift Valley have accused former Prime Minister Raila Odinga of capitalising on the on-going teachers strike to campaign for the rejection of the VAT Bill.
The legislators claimed the campaign is part of Raila's plan to sabotage the Jubilee government promises to Kenyans. The leaders wondered why Raila failed to fulfill the 1997 teachers agreement in the 10 years he was in government, especially when he was a co-principal between 2008-2012.
Cornelius Serem (Aldai), Silas Tiren (Moiben), Oscah Sudi (Kapseret), Alfred Keter (Nandi-Hills), Ziporah Kering (Women's Reprepresentative, Nandi) and senators, Henry ole Ndiema (Trans-Nzoia), Stephen Sang (Nandi) and Susan Chelule of Nankuru asked Raila to "live up to his promise of hawking mandazi in Kibera."
“Just like the way he asked former President Moi to retire and look after his goats in Baringo…he should also retire and sell mandazi in Kibera as he had vowed to do if he lost the general elections instead of going round undermining Jubilee,” said the Aldai MP.
Addressing a meeting in Kapsabet African Inland Church that was attended by Deputy President William Ruto, the leaders said Raila can not hold the jubilee government accountable after failing to live up to the promises he made when he was prime minister.
Kenya, Sudi said, will move forward without Raila and "people should stop dreaming that without him nothing would be realised." He asked leaders to rally behind President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.
Serem said the Cord leader "has gone back to his previous tricks of undermining the government to ensure Jubilee fails to meet promises made to Kenyans of creating job opportunities."
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