Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata now claims that his letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta declaring that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is unpopular in the Central Kenya region was leaked by a third party.
Senator Kang’ata, however, maintains that the issues in the letter are substantive, adding that he hopes they will be remedied.
“Kindly though the letter dated 30th December is authentic, I didn’t give it to the media. Someone else who had copied did. I apologise for that. With the benefit of hindsight. I should have copied and no one else. Trust substantive issues raised in the letter will be remedied,” said the Senate Majority Whip on Monday.
In the bold letter covering several other issues, the Senator says only two in 10 people in Central Kenya support the BBI, a finding he said is based on his personal observations over the Christmas holiday.
He further told the President that a ruling party candidate could be defeated in the forthcoming by-elbyeon of Nairobi Governor, saying such an outcome would embarrass the government and undermine its legislative agenda in the Houses of Parliament.
The letter sparked mixed reactions from Mt. Kenya leaders, with 10 Governors from the region coming out to rubbish the document.
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