Senator Methu goes after 100 MPs going with Raila to Ethiopia

Nyandarua Senator John Methu has criticized the over one hundred Members of Parliament that are set to accompany Raila Odinga to Addis Ababa Ethiopia ahead of the African Union Commission Elections on Saturday.

Methu said the legislators have no work or role to play at the AU headquarters as the former Prime Minister already has a secretariat.

According to the vocal ally of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, it is a waste of taxpayers’ money to send the legislators to Addis just to idle around.

“I want to hope and imagine that the 100 MPs who are going with Baba to Ethiopia are doing so with their budget. We cannot be a spendthrift. Raila has his secretariat. There is no role that the MPs in my opinion are offering apart from their supportive role that we are offering,” The Nyandarua Senator stated.

“We cannot then be as a government sending 100 MPs from tomorrow to Saturday to just go idle around Addis Ababa. These are the kinds of things that are choking and hurting the people of Kenya,” he added.

Reports in today’s national newspapers indicated that over one hundred legislators will be heading to the AU headquarters ahead of the AUC-D-day.

It’s indicated that the MPs together with other top government officials will be flying to Ethiopia’s capital in solidarity with Raila.

Some governors are also indicated to be traveling over the same.

The AU summit is scheduled for the coming weekend with the race being tightly fought.

Raila will be facing Mahmoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti and Madagascar’s Richard Randriamandrato.

To win the AUC chairmanship, a candidate must obtain a two-thirds majority vote from the 55 member states, equating to 33 votes.

If no candidate achieves a two-thirds majority in the initial round, subsequent rounds are held, with the possibility of requiring only a simple majority in later stages.