Atwoli clarifies reports of fall out with Raila, defends his move to support Ruto
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Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis has clarified reports of alleged fall out with Raila Odinga
Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis has clarified reports of alleged fall out with Raila Odinga.
Speaking in an interview on Citizen TV on Wednesday, April 10, Atwoli made it clear that he is still close to Raila Odinga.
Atwoli dismissed claims that there is bad blood between him and Raila following his decision to fully throw his weight behind President William Ruto.
Further Atwoli pointed out that he is linked to Raila through a family tie making it harder for them to be political enemies.
“I’m still close to Raila, Raila is my brother-in-law,” he insisted.
In addition, the COTU Secretary-General endorsed President William Ruto’s Affordable Housing Project.
Atwoli disclosed that a meeting between President Ruto and the country’s labour secretary generals had preceded the project’s rollout. “We asked him during Labour Day, please come and explain to us. We went to State House, and he met all the general secretaries,” Atwoli shared.
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Atwoli, often a figure of controversy, put forth a robust defence of the housing levy pointing to the importance of labour organisations’ involvement in the project’s preliminary discussions and the consideration of their input as essential for the initiative’s continuity.
His stance comes as a reassurance to many workers who have expressed concerns over the new deduction.
“If it reaches somewhere and our representative on the board says this is what’s happening. Can we be able to resist either to look into it this way or that way, then we will, when we reach there, we’ll have to look at it from that way. There’s not everybody who can agree,” Atwoli elucidated, acknowledging the diversity of opinions that such a significant policy shift is bound to elicit.
Atwoli also pointed to the eradication of slums as a pressing reason for the levy.
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