City lawyer Donald Kipkorir has launched a scathing attack on Thirdway Alliance's proposal to amend the Constitution dubbed 'Punguza Mizigo initiative.
Kipkorir termed the initiative led by former presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot as fraud, adding that even though the Bill has received overwhelming publicity it had no substance.
"Punguza Mizigo is the biggest political fraud in Kenya’s History ... It is a high sounding phrase with no substance ... Full of sound and fury but signifying nothing!" he tweeted on Wednesday
Kipkorir accused Aukot and his team of running the popular initiative exclusively, and being arrogant and hateful to those who have questioned or opposed the initiative's proposals.
"Problem with Punguza Mizigo is that it’s driven by high handed arrogance, false pitch, personalized malevolence, hatred and puerile hubris. You can’t sell an idea by attacking Raila Odinga or Anne Waiguru. And it’s only One Person who is selling it with TangaTanga MPs cheering," the vocal lawyer added.
Kipkorir was reacting after Aukot lashed out at Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru after she welcomed reports that the initiative was allegedly rejected by Nyeri County Assembly on Wednesday.
"One of the proposals in the #PunguzaMizigoBill2019 is use of the Auditor General report to nail thieves of public money. What's worrying the Governor of Kirinyaga to extent of telling lies about the Nyeri Assembly session?" said the Thirdway Alliance boss.
In her message, Waiguru hailed Nyeri MCAs for 'rejecting' Aukot's proposals and predicted it would suffer the same fate in other Mt Kenya counties, which she said were in the support of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
"As I've said before, Mt Kenya is fully in support of BBI as evidenced today in Nyeri where the bill presented by Ekuru Aukot has been rejected by the whole assembly. Nyeri County has set the precedence, other counties are most likely to follow. These are signs of the times ahead," the Governor posted.
However, Nyeri County Speaker John Kaguchia has denied that Punguza Bill was rejected, noting it was discussed in an informal session where no voting took place.