The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna says governors have misadvised national leaders, including ODM party leader Raila Odinga.
Speaking on Tuesday during a press briefing alongside other members of the Senate Public Accounts committee, Senator Sifuna claimed that governors had misadvised Raila on devolution, based on some of the pronouncements he made during the devolution conference.
“It is not the governors who have been misadvised. It is the governors who are misadvising our national leaders. It is the governors who have misadvised my party leader,” Sifuna stated.
“When it comes to matters of devolution, it is governors who are misadvising Mzee because when we had a meeting with the party leader in the Senate, he came out of the meeting with proposals like strengthening the place of the Senate for devolution to succeed,” he stated, while claiming that some of the proposals Raila had made during the devolution conference in Homa Bay had come as a shock.
“That is the type of advice that Jakom gives. I know his position on devolution. He is the father of devolution. I was very shocked to hear some of these pronouncements because I know he has been misadvised.”
Among the proposals made by Raila include having Governors held to account by Members of the County Assembly. The ODM leader has also stood firmly against MPs handling the NG-CDF, urging lawmakers to fully stick to their oversight and legislation role.
