The Agreement With Kenya Kwanza Alliance Was Not Official; William Kabogo Claims

Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo now asserts that the deal his Tujibebe Wakenya Party made with the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, which is led by Deputy President William Ruto, was invalid because it was ostensibly not put in writing.

This comes after Kabogo said last week that his party will no longer attend any Kenya Kwanza rallies because United Democratic Alliance (UDA) MPs allegedly receive priority at the events while his members are allegedly being “bullied,” “gagged,” and made to take a backseat.

Kabogo claims that DP Ruto’s assurance that counties will receive increased development funding from the federal government based on population led him to join the Kenya Kwanza coalition.
As a result, Kiambu, Kenya’s second-largest county by population, would receive the second-largest budget after Nairobi.

After reaching a settlement, Tujibebe Wakenya and Kenya Kwanza allegedly signed a general agreement on the matter, but verbally agreed that more specifics would be added. This is according to Kabogo.

However, according to Kabogo, this never happened.

“I only joined Kenya Kwanza because DP Ruto agreed with me on my proposal that additional revenue allocation to counties should be based on population and that it would be put into writing.
The agreement was a general one awaiting specifics to be put into the agreement which unfortunately until now has not happened,” Kabogo said in an interview with KTN News on Wednesday.
Kabogo continued by saying that he was not shocked by UDA officials ignoring his camp and that although some of his close friends had advised him against joining the Kenya Kwanza brigade, he had already made up his mind.

Kabogo claims that after he attended a recent demonstration where UDA members openly dissed the group as a political party, the thought first entered his head that Kenya Kwanza would back out of the original arrangement.

“When we were having the express train going to Kiambu you heard them say on live TV that there is nothing called Kenya Kwanza. It was a marriage of convenience with a lot of honesty and bits of dishonesty,” said Kabogo.