Kalonzo says he’s yet to understand why Eugene Wamalwa rejected the bipartisan report
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Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has said he is yet to know why DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa dismissed the bipartisan talks team report
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has said he is yet to know why DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa dismissed the bipartisan talks team report.
In an interview with TV 47 on Sunday, Kalonzo claimed that despite Azimio’s declaration that they disagreed with Kenya Kwanza, he still could not comprehend Eugene’s refusal to sign the report.
Kalonzo, who led the Azimio team during the bipartisan talks, said they had agreed to oppose some issues but not the report in its totality.
“So I think Eugene had his reasons. He will still explain to me because I did not understand them.”
Wamalwa, a team member, disagreed, claiming the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report did not adequately address the problem of the high cost of living.
He said this is the most important issue to Kenyans and vowed not to accept any sitting allowance associated with it.
Addressing on the cost of living, Kalonzo stated that they attempted to find a solution but the ruling party was uninterested.
“We tried to deliberate on the issue but our counterparts were not getting it. They said ‘We are in power,” he said.
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In the report co-signed by Kalonzo and the National Assembly Majority Leader, recommendations were made on the various issues that were raised by both sides of the political divide.
NADCO, however, admitted to failing to agree on the matter of cost of living while unveiling the final report of its deliberations.
In the report, both camps made proposals on key issues that were part and parcel of the talks in which they disclosed failure to hit a deal on Azimio’s major concerns on taxes, the finance act, and the Housing Levy.
“The committee was unable to reach a consensus on several other proposals on the matter of the cost of living, including the reduction of VAT on fuel from 16 percent to 8 percent and scrapping of the housing levy, the twin issues in the Finance Act, 2023,” the report stated.
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