Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has greatly differed with President Uhuru Kenyatta's government policy on tax and borrowing.
Kabogo says that a big chunk of the money that the Jubilee government has borrowed in recent years in the name of development, has gone to 'people's pockets'.
"Why do we need to borrow? Are we borrowing to develop or to put money into people’s pockets? We cannot grow capital through taxes and excessive borrowing. Any more taxes on Kenyans we will be asking for blood," said Kabogo on Citizen TV's JKL show on Wednesday.
The Uhuru ally noted that some Kenyans have had to survive on a single meal a day since the introduction of the fuel levy at the beginning of this month.
"My friend (Jeff Koinange), I will tell you now that Kenyans are suffering. Ordinary Kenyans do not look at all those big economic terms. They will look at how much maize flour costs but their elected representatives do not want to say things as they are," he added.
Asked whether Kiambu would be different if he had been re-elected governor, Kabogo answered in the affirmative while adding 'If you give it back to me tomorrow, it would take me six years to get it back to where I left it'.
Whether Uhuru let him down at the hour of need leading him to lose the gubernatorial seat, Kabogo said he did not need his support as he had done his work.
"I had done what I did for the people of Kiambu. I had thought they would have wanted us to continue with what we were doing but there were other interests. Being a governor is not a beauty contest," he said.
At the same time, Kabogo was non-committal on whether he will run for the same seat come 2022 only opting to say, 'I am not sure'.