{"id":209,"date":"2020-01-11T07:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T07:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=209"},"modified":"2020-01-11T07:55:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T07:55:39","slug":"wards-divided-over-bukhungu-ii-meeting-term-as-atwoli-a-political-conman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Wards reps divided over BBI meeting in Kakamega, term Atwoli a \u2018political conman\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Wilson Abiri <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Building Bridges Initiative\n(BBI) meeting slated for January 18, at Bukhungu stadium in Kakamega County has\nsharply divided ward reps from Western region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ward reps drawn from the Raila\nOdinga led ODM party are in support of the meeting whereas those from Jubilee,\nFord Kenya and Amani National Congress (ANC) as well as other affiliate parties\nhave vowed to give the fete a wide berth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joel Ongoro, the Majority Leader\nat the Kakamega County Assembly led his fellow ODM colleagues in drumming up\nsupport for the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cThe purpose of the meeting is for the general\npublic to air out their democratic views on the BBI report and we won\u2019t succumb\nto intimidation from a few disgruntled politicians,\u2019 said Mr Ongoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ongoro said as an assembly they\nare in full support of Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Cotu boss Francis Atwoli\nfor organising the meeting, the duo doesn\u2019t need authority from anybody to call\nfor a meeting of regional leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC_5239-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\"\/><figcaption><strong>Members of the Kakamega County Assembly  who are in support of the BBI Bukhungu meeting slated for January 18 led by Joel Ongoro (right) and Deputy Speaker Soita Kasaya (left) -Photo\/Wilson Abiri\/County Splash<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe BBI is a national agenda that\naffects the entire nation and it cannot be trivialized to a community issue. We\nencourage the locals from all walks of life to come to Bukhungu and listen to their\nleaders,\u201d said Ongoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, a section of Jubilee MCAs\nfrom the region dismissed Mr Ongoro assertions and termed him as an opportunist\nwho doesn\u2019t have the interests of the community at heart including the ODM\nbrigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are Atwoli is a \u2018political\nconman\u2019 who is using the luhya community as a bait to advance his own egoistic selfish\ninterests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francis\nChemion, Kaptama ward MCA and Minority leader at the Bungoma county Assembly,\nsaid they won\u2019t attend the Bukhungu meeting since it will be an ODM affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr\nChemion said they will Marshall their colleagues to attend the meeting that\nwill be held in Mumias town on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018We\nas MCAs are not opposed to the BBI and in fact we are fully supporting it.\nBefore calling for that meeting, we expected copies of the BBI to be\ndistributed out so that we can read and enable us give informed views on that\nday,\u201d said Mr Chemion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\nsaid the meeting was a purely an ODM affair to install Oparanya as the region\u2019s\nspokesman and that there was no need attending it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAtwoli wants\nto use the meeting that will be attended by Raila to solidify his support in\nthe region after parting ways with Mudavadi and Wetang\u2019ula. Atwoli wants to\nendorse Governor Oparanya as Luhya kingpin and we won\u2019t allow that,\u201d said\nChemion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\nasked Atwoli to style up and stop dividing Mulembe community for his own\nselfish interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lwandanyi\nward MCA Tony Barasa warned governors Atwoli has no moral authority to\ncall for a meeting to discuss the BBI report as a community and invite\nstrangers (Raila) to the same event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20200109_122016-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212\"\/><figcaption><strong> Bungoma County Assembly Minority leader, Francis Chemion (Centre) flanked by Lwandanyi MCA, Tony Barasa and Chegulo\/Butali MCA Kevin Mahelo addressing the media in Webuye town. The trio as Jubilee MCAs and have vowed to boycott the Bukhungu Meeting-Photo\/Wilson Abiri\/County Splash <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Barasa who is also Lwandanyi MCA said that\nmost Kenyans are literate and do not want leaders to call them to Bukhungu and\ntell them about BBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barasa cautioned governors against sponsoring\nthe meeting and instead use the money to steer development in their respective\ncounties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butali\/Chegulo MCA Kevin Mahelo threatened to\norganise fellow MCAs from the five counties to impeach area governors if they\nwill use county resources to ferry people to the Bukhungu meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governors are Oparanya (Kakamega), Wilbur\nOttichilo (Vihiga), Wycliffe Wangamati (Bungoma), Sospeter Ojaamong\u2019 (Busia)\nand Trans Nzoia\u2019s Patrick Khaemba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahelo said they had information that each governor\nis to ferry at least 2000 people from their respective counties to attend the\nmeeting and be paid Sh500 later, saying ward reps didn\u2019t pass any budget to\nferry people to Bukhungu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kakamega By Wilson Abiri The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) meeting slated for January 18, at Bukhungu stadium in Kakamega County has sharply divided ward reps from Western region. 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