Ichung’wah calls out ex-CS Wamalwa over remarks on Talks report

He said Wamalwa was present until Friday when he excused himself claiming that he was set to travel out of the country.

In Summary
  • "They are at pains now that the process never collapsed as they had prayed for," he said.
  • He said Wamalwa gave his blessings to other Azimio members of the team to proceed with the release of the report and even promised to append his signature once he returned.
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah at Revival Sanctuary of Glory in Riruta Satellite, Dagoretti South, on October 22, 2023
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah at Revival Sanctuary of Glory in Riruta Satellite, Dagoretti South, on October 22, 2023
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National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah has called out former Defence CS Eugene Wamalawa over his remarks on the National Dialogue Committee’s final report.

Ichung’wah said Wamalwa who has been part of the Nadco process was present until Friday when he excused himself claiming that he was set to travel out of the country.

He said Wamalwa gave his blessings to other Azimio members of the team to proceed with the release of the report and even promised to append his signature once he returned.

“This one left on Friday ahead of the conclusion of the talks claiming he was travelling to Kinshasa and left his blessings to the rest of their team saying he would sign when back,” Ichung’wah claimed.

He said there were people who were determined to see the whole process go down the drain.

He said such people are in pain seeing that the process did not fail as they had hoped.

“As indicated in our statement, all along there were forces linked to past state capture that were hell-bent on scuttling the talks. They are at pains now that the process never collapsed as they had prayed for and their state capture master is very mad,” the Kikuyu MP added.

On Sunday, Wamalwa in a statement on X explained the reason he refused to append his signature to the National Dialogue Committee’s final report.

He added that he will also not accept any allowances that will come as a result of taking part in the talks.

The DAP-K party leader further stated that this is because he does not believe they did justice to the issue that was most pressing to Kenyans, which is the cost of living.

“Informed Kenyans at Tingolo Catholic Church that l didn’t and will not append my signature to the NADCO report, and have not and will not accept any sitting allowance for the same because l believe we did not do justice to the single most important issue to Kenyans i.e cost of living,” Wamalwa said.

His remarks came hours after the Committee unveiled its final report to the public on Saturday.

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