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Outspoken former nominated senator Paul Njoroge\u00a0(pictured)<\/strong>\u00a0has blamed the organisers of the\u00a0Meru Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally\u00a0for denying \u201creal Mt Kenya leaders a chance to address the meet\u201d.He says they instead gave anti-BBI agitators time to disparage the unity pact between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition boss Raila Odinga.The ex-senator, who was born and brought up in Naivasha, said he and other leaders including former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo were not allowed to address the rally.<\/p>\n

Governors Kiraitu Murungi, Anne Waiguru, Nyaga Wambora and Muthomi Njuki and Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya\u00a0addressed the meet.\u201cThey (organisers) failed to foresee the undesirable outcome of allowing the anti-BBI team to address the public thereby enabling them to get a chance to manipulate Kenyans and spread false allegations,\u201d Njoroge said of yesterday\u2019s rally at Kinoru Stadium.He accused pro-William Ruto legislators of disrupting the meeting and wants them barred from future rallies.<\/p>\n

\u201cLed by Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, the leaders disrespected the Meru people and Mt Kenya region people at large and even the\u00a0President who is the kingpin of the region\u00a0by trying to compromise the spirit of the handshake between him and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga,\u201d Njoroge said.Murkomen was the\u00a0only Ruto ally who spoke at the rally\u00a0and that came after he stood for more than an hour because he could not find a seat.<\/p>\n

Kuria, who also suffered the same humiliation, left after Murkomen spoke.Falling short of providing evidence, Njoroge accused Murkomen and Kuria of planning to disrupt the rally by importing goons to the stadium.Njoroge held that those who left the meeting with duo were not from the Mt Kenya region.\u201cIt portrayed a bad image of the Mt Kenya region people to the rest of Kenyans\u201dNjoroge censured the organisers of future BBI rallies to take their time to carefully plan for the rallies to avoid more distractions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president should also ensure that he has a special meeting with the organisers to foster effective and efficient planning of these meetings,\u201d he said, adding that anti-BBI legislators should be locked out of the rallies.<\/p>\n

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative forum heads to Nakuru this week on March 7.\u201cI suggest that the meeting should be pushed to a later date to allow more civic education to be carried out to the general public,\u201d Njoroge suggested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Outspoken former nominated senator Paul Njoroge\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has blamed the organisers of the\u00a0Meru Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally\u00a0for denying \u201creal Mt Kenya leaders a chance to address the meet\u201d.He says they instead gave anti-BBI agitators time to disparage the unity pact between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition boss Raila Odinga.The ex-senator, who was born and brought up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,12],"tags":[235,1116,309,696,1055],"class_list":["post-3518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-bbi","tag-bbi-rallies","tag-bbi-report","tag-kipchumba-murkomen","tag-paul-njoroge"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer senator says central leaders were sidelined at BBI rally - 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