By Our Reporter
A section of luo Members of Parliament are up in arms against Kisumu County police and the Provincial Administration for having “hidden and failed” to invite them to Deputy President William Ruto’s function last week in Kisumu and missing the generous handout from the DP.
Ruto who was being hosted by the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kisumu towards the the construction of their Western Kenya Headquarters caught many by surprise whewn he landed directly at the venue with a chopper after seeing off President Uhuru Kenyatta at Kisumu’s International who flew to Rwanda after they had flown in from Nairobi then headed to Funyula.
Surprisingly none of the luo Members of Parliament nor any Senator attended the function save only for Homa Bay Governor Cyprian Otieno Awiti and the host Jack Ranguma.
The MPs who were in various functions within and out of their constituencies were said to be making ranting calls to their men on the ground demanding to know if they could catch up with Ruto.
However Ruto took only thirty minutes to raise over kshs 20 million and left for Nairobi as most of the MPs were on their way to his function not to contribute towards the harambee but to see him with a view of “milking him”.
“My boss was disappointed as we were making our way from Kericho to Kisumu only for us to reach Kaitui and see the DP chopper heading to Nairobi, he was on his private errands and had hoped to get some little money from the DP” lamented one aide of luo MP.
Ruto had earlier been accompanied by his youthful MPs who gave generously during the function.
One MP called a senior police officer within the County and threatened him with a transfer if that is how they will be handling them in regard to both the Presidential and the DP tour.
“How can they hide such a visit from me yet I am an MP within this area, either they did it intentionally or they had firm instructions to keep us in the dark “said another MP.
Another one is said to have called a Provincial Administrator within the county crying to him why he was never told of such a visit.
“Bwana Governor, you know how generous that man usually is, surely what wrong did I do to you to hide such a visit from me, imagine I have been trying to see him for the last four months in his Nairobi office in vain over money’ said another.
But a section of the area Police and the provincial administration have told off the MPs saying there mandate doesn’t extend to telling the legislatures who is to visit the county.
“They are with them in Nairobi, they can be going to to the said offices and look for the itineraries of anyone senior in the government who is to visit their constituencies, ours is coordination and security provision” said a senior police officer within the county who never wanted his identity revealed.
Later most of the MPs were seen physically going to leading hotels within Kisumu town with a view of “being lucky” to see any senior government officer who could have spent a night in Kisumu