UDA lawmaker differs with Ruto over the privatization of state parastatals
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UDA lawmaker and Kakamega Senator Boni Kwalwale differ with Ruto over the privatization of state parastatals
UDA lawmaker and Kakamega Senator Boni Kwalwale differ with Ruto over the privatization of state parastatals.
Kakamega Senator Boni Kwalwale has differed with President William over plans to privatize Mumias and Nzoia Sugar companies among other parastatals.
Speaking on April 1 in Malava, Khalwale pleaded with the government not to slack up on the sugar companies, pointing out that they represent the soul of the Luhya people.
He mentioned that the community donated land for the development of the two companies.
“Mimi kama Kiongozi wa jamii ya waluhya. Babu zetu walipeana 12,500 hectares of Mumias Sugar company na wakapeana 24,500 hectares of the Nzoia sugar company. If you privatise, someone will go away with our ancestral land. Sisi hatuezi unga mkono. We cannot,” he said.
He went on to urge President Ruto to deal with the challenges facing the sugar mills instead of privatizing them.
“This is not out of disrespect for the president and the government. That is the little we have in the economy of the sugar industry,” he said.
The UDA senator argued that the main challenge facing the two factories is the importation of sugar which he said can be addressed.
His remarks come days after the cabinet approved the Privatisation Bill, 2023, which will see loss-making parastatals sold to private actors without the bureaucratic approval process by Parliament.
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“The Cabinet has approved the Privatisation Bill, 2023, which will repeal the Privatisation Act, 2005. This law ushers in a more facilitative and non-inhibiting legal and policy framework that will oversee privatization in the country.
“The proposed Bill gives power to the Treasury to privatize public-owned enterprises without the bureaucratic approvals of Parliament,” the cabinet stated.
Some of the corporations that the Kenya Kwanza government has earmarked for privatization include Chemelil Sugar, South Nyanza Sugar, Kabarnet Hotel, Mt Elgon Lodge, Golf Hotel, and Nzoia Sugar.
Others are Miwani Sugar, Sunset Hotel Kisumu, Kenya Safari Lodges and Hotels, Consolidated Bank, Development Bank of Kenya, Agro-Chemical and Food Company, Kenya Wine Agencies, and the Kenya Meat Commission.
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