Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi has hit out at a section of leaders who are pushing to have tea factories as parastatals denying farmers the ownership.
Speaking in Nakuru on Thursday, Mudavadi said while he served as Agriculture Minister way back, he pushed for the legislation of a law that will allow tea farmers own tea factories within their area.
He said the recent move aimed at having tea factories switched to parastatals is ill-advised.
While citing the huge corruption cases facing parastatals such as Pyrethrum, National Cereals and Produce Board as well the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCBP), the ANC party leader said such cannot be allowed again in the tea sector.
“We have seen people loot parastatals such as pyrethrum, NCPB and they want now to turn to tea. This is serious and we cannot allow such” said Mudavadi.
In reference to the huge public debt that is facing Kenya, Mudavadi who once served in the finance docket stated that time to rectify the crisis through collective effort in the fight against corruption is beckoning.
He called on the opposition to continue playing their oversight role in ensuring smooth governance.
“Kenya is now in a pool of debts and time is now that we work together to see on how this can be solved collectively” added Mudavadi.
Mudavadi who has declared his interest in the 2022 presidential race, once again called on Kenyans to shun divisive politics urging them to embrace cohesiveness of purpose.
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