List of hard shots that were fired by politicians during Kalonzo’s father’s burial

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It was a heated affair as hundreds of Kenyans paid their last respects to the father of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka. As usual politicians took the podium given for politics and for sure there were hot political tones played out by both government and opposition leaders.

In the ceremony attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto, over 50 MPs and hordes of governors, no one was spared, including Kenyatta when he was told to manage public debt and reveal his “shock” choice for successor.

Nasa co-principal Musalia Mudavadi’s caution against “unaccounted generosity”, opposition chief Raila Odinga’s defence of the “handshake”and a presidential promise for jobs for opposition figures according to standard were the hallmarks of the burial at the Tulimani village home of Mzee Peter Musyoka.

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Mudavadi who seemed to be in the mood for heavy political punches directly asked the President to manage public debt. He also hit out at an unnamed person, saying “when a man dishes out stolen money, let us not say he has become generous”.

In the past, DP Ruto has braved pressure to explain his handsome donations to churches but he has always wished it away, saying he was investing in heaven.

When Uhuru took the podium President Kenyatta stuck to his guns that the government must continue borrowing to accomplish its development agenda.

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Uhuru Kenyatta

“We will continue borrowing but we will use the money productively and in a manner that we are able to service the loans. We are not borrowing to consume but to grow the country,” he said.

The President said funds to complete the tarmacking of phase one of Kibwezi-Mutomo-Kitui-Mwingi road were available, adding that “we are now looking for money to complete the remaining phases”.

The burial was also characterised by another matter that has been the subject of national discourse of late; the matter of crocodiles in River Jordan. According to Raila’s narrative on the triggers of the handshake deal, his Nasa brigade encountered crocodiles enroute to Canaan.

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Raila Odinga

 

Yesterday, Kathiani MP Robert Mbui triggered the debate when he reminded the crowd that their journey to Canaan aborted after they encountered crocodiles in River Jordan.

Later, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale appeared to trash the crocodile narrative, asking opposition leaders to move on from it and support the government.

But Siaya Senator James Orengo took him head-on: “Duale must be told that in politics you cannot afford to be oversensitive. If you become oversensitive then you are in the wrong place.”

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James Orengo

When it was his time to speak, Raila briefly scanned the crowd before clearing his throat with his ‘Aaayah’ chant as the crowd cheered wildly. And as if to taunt the Jubilee leaders, he led the crowd into chanting “Nasa…Tibim” while declaring the Ukambani region a Nasa zone.

DP Ruto did not respond to veiled attacks against him. He said Kenyans had moved on from the last elections and the government was now fully focused on development. “What we have now is only time to work for Kenyans…we are focused on development and not politics,” said Ruto.

Uhuru pitched for closer collaboration of government and opposition leaders as well as national and county governments to realise substantial gains for ordinary Kenyans.

Do you think it was right for the politicians to have turned the burial into heated political ground?

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