{"id":19774,"date":"2020-12-27T20:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T20:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=19774"},"modified":"2020-12-27T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:27:41","slug":"dp-ruto-confronts-governor-oparanya-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/dp-ruto-confronts-governor-oparanya-in-public","title":{"rendered":"DP Ruto Confronts Governor Oparanya in Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, December 26 publicly confronted Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya whom he accused of failing to address pertinent issues affecting the people of Western Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the funeral service of Maurice Mabonga Wanjala, father to MP Mwambu Mabonga, the Deputy President in Bungoma County, Oparanya faulted the Jubilee administration over the stalling of the revival of sugarcane factories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe held several meetings on the revival of sugar factories in Western Kenya and we\u2019ve presented our report but nothing has been done so far,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Oparanya, who is also the Deputy ODM Leader, added that counties had not received funds for operations from the Treasury for some months crippling their operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of us cannot go to our offices because we have not paid contractors among other services because of lack of funds,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a passionate response, DP William Ruto stated that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report had derailed the government&#8217;s development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BBI team that includes Oparanya came and told us that there is an emergency that needed to be sorted out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s why the Jubilee development agenda including implementation of the sugar revival programme has been abandoned,&#8221; the DP fired back.<\/p>\n<p>The DP added that the Big Four Agenda was aimed at transforming the lives of Kenyans but had been shelved in light of the recent political developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Big Four agenda that has been shelved, because more focus is now on BBI, was aimed at addressing key issues affecting Kenyans,\u201d Ruto noted.<\/p>\n<p>The DP also bragged about the victory on the Msambweni by-election hinting that it was a sign of things to come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We took the seat which ODM claimed that it would win by 80%,&#8221; he stated amid cheers from those present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, December 26 publicly confronted Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya whom he accused of failing to address pertinent issues affecting the people of Western Kenya. 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