MPs unhappy with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s order freezing new projects plan to raise their objections in Parliament.
The 40 MPs, led by South Mugirango’s Sylvanous Osoro, will meet this morning to agree on the best way to raise their concerns before the House resumes sittings in the afternoon.
“There are a number of options, so we will agree on the best way forward tomorrow (today),” Osoro told the Star.
On July 20 Uhuru threw a spanner in the works, with far-reaching implications. He issued a directive freezing all new government projects until stalled or ongoing projects are completed.
The President issued the directive to all accounting officers whom he warned would be responsible for sanctioning new projects without express authority from the Treasury.
President Kenyatta said the directive was aimed at stopping resource waste and the habit of government agencies to abandon incomplete projects before embarking on others.
“There will be no new projects embarked on until you complete those that are ongoing,” the President said.
But yesterday Osoro said the President had no right to unilaterally freeze all projects that had been budgeted.