Senators are set to receive up to Ksh 5 million in bribes for them to pass the controversial new County revenue allocation formula.
Narok senator Ledama Olekina has this morning hinted at the plot, arguing that it will be suicidal for any senator to accept the bribes.
According to the ODM senator, the bribe will only help to fuel division of Kenya due to the revenue share discourse.
Taking to his official twitter handle, he went further to curse the lawmakers who will accept the Ksh 5 million bribe and in turn betray Kenyans.
Ledama prayed for the family of those who will accept the bribe not to have peace at all.
“It will be suicidal for any Senator to accept a bribe of Ksh 5M to fuel the division of Kenya due to the revenue share discourse! May your family never have peace if you accept a bribe to divide Kenya! Tadoi anaa Enkolong!” senator Ledama tweeted.
The senate is this afternoon expected to vote on the crucial County revenue formula, with senators having different opinions ahead of the special seating.
A section of senators opposed to the county cash sharing formula have vowed to reject it.
According to a report by The Star, the 25 senators who last week engineered the defeat of an amendment to defer the disputed formula by two years have plotted another elaborate plan to reject it in totality.
The amendment was sponsored by Majority Chief Whip Irungu Kang’ata (Murang’a) with the blessings of President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
With their number standing at 25, the opposing senators have surpassed the 24 threshold required to defeat the formula that would see 18 counties lose Sh17 billion.
On Sunday, Raila met a section of Uhuru’s allies led by Jubilee vice chairman David Murathe at the Kajiado home of Cotu secretary general Francis Atwoli.
At the meeting, Raila assured the President’s side that he would rally his senators to support the formula.
Siaya Senator James Orengo who is the Minority Leader was charged with bringing the leaders together.
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