President Uhuru Kenyatta is under attack from several leaders from across board of a number of politicians and leaders for the deals he agreed on with his Uganda counterpart Yoweri Museveni.
The first to attack was Gatundu MP, Moses Kuria who accused the President for failing to support the local economy and going ahead to seal deals with Museveni, the recent in the war is former Sport CS, Rashid Echesa.
The former Sports CS Rashid Echesa has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of plotting to ‘kill’ the sugar sector by demanding extra importation of the product from Uganda.
Echesa also said the President wants to gain monopoly of the dairy industry after the recent round of bilateral talks with Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni.
He said that the bilateral agreement between Uhuru and Museveni, allowing Uganda to export milk and eggs to Kenya and increasing the annual sugar import quota from Uganda was bound to hurt the agricultural sector in Western.
Brookside is associated with the Kenyatta family.
Echesa was sacked by Uhuru on March 1 as Sports CS and was replaced by Amina Mohammed in a mini-reshuffle.He has been demanding for reasons of his sacking from the President.
Echesa also accused elected leaders from Western of failure to protect the interest of the community in the region.
The ex-CS speaking on Sunday said that the planned privatisation of the state-owned sugar companies was a ploy by the government to destroy the sugar sector.
“They want to sell the companies just like they did with Pan-Paper which was sold to Rai who has since converted it into go-downs to store his sugar. Uhuru lied to Museveni when he asked him about the Pan-Paper mill, that it was being revived when he knows very well that he sold it to his friend,” he said.
Privatisation chairman Dr Paul Otuoma has opposed sale of land hosting the millers earmarked for privatisation, saying the land belongs to the community.
He said that the troubled sugar industry may not be revived following the increase of the sugar import quota from Uganda.
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri co-chair a sugar task force appointed by Uhuru to recommend the best ways of reviving the sugar industry.
A week ago, Oparanya said that the team will present its final report to the President this week.
MPs from the sugar belt met in Kisumu on Saturday to validate the recommendations.