Murang'a woman rep Sabina Chege tells off 'busybodies' driving wedge between Uhuru and Ruto

Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Chege has told off those driving a wedge between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto.

Chege has said there is a group of people who incite the President by telling him lies concerning his deputy in a bid to cause bad blood between them.

But the MP noted that Kenyans support the duo in their leadership and that nobody should cause disunity between them.

“We voted for the President and his deputy as a team and we want them to continue as a team until their five year term is over,” Chege said.

She further added that Kenyans support Jubilee government’s Big Four agenda and the handshake with the opposition leader Raila Odinga but that some people are using it to cause conflict between the President and his deputy.

“We know there are no differences between the two leaders and busy bodies should keep off and let them work for Kenyans,” she added.

Chege noted that Kenyans appreciate the peace brought about by the handshake and are happy that some allies of the opposition have been incorporated in the government in the recent reshuffles.

Speaking at Kiunyu PCEA church on Sunday, Chege also dismissed Uasin Gishu woman representative Gladys Shollei’s constitutional amendment bill that seeks to scrap the woman representative seat and increase the number of women elected to parliament.

The bill that was tabled in parliament early this month proposes the pairing of constituencies to form one constituency that will be reserved for women as the existing constituencies are vied for by both genders in a bid to address the two third gender rule.

Chege said woman representatives work harder than other MPs as their jurisdiction is equal to that of a senator or governor.

She noted that many people find women more approachable and easy to talk to when they have challenges than their male counterparts and scrapping it would deny Kenyans the kind of help they get from them.

 “I respect Shollei as my counterpart but I know as a first time MP she may find traversing an entire county tedious,” Chege added.

She further noted that Shollei should have conducted more research and even consulted her fellow MPs before tabling the bill that she said should not be passed.

 “In Murang’a we have worked so hard that people elected three more women as MPs and I hope locals will be so inspired by our work that they will also vote for more women MCAs in 2022,” Chege said.

Instead of being scrapped, she added, the seat should be allocated more funds to help them reach more people saying majority of Kenyans have seen its importance and would not support the proposal to have it removed.