Former Defence CS Eugene Wamalwa has explained the reason he refused to append his signature to the National Dialogue Committee’s report.
Wamalwa who was one of the people representing the Opposition side Azimio in the talks on Sunday said 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.
This is despite Nadco holding sittings for three months and considering recommendations from Kenyans and various professional groups.
“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.
The report has various recommendations on the various issues that were raised by both sides of the political divide.
The committee, 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 cost of living, including the reduction of VAT on fuel from 16 per cent to 8 per cent and scrapping of the housing levy, the twin issues in the Finance Act, 2023," the report stated.
The report was signed by NADCO co-chairs Kalonzo Musyoka of the Azimio Coalition and Kimani Ichung'wah of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition.
