Tuesday, November 26, 2024 – Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ally and Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi is not a happy man after President William Ruto cancelled the Adani deals due to corruption.
Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Atandi criticized Ruto's decision to cancel Adani's deal with the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO), calling it unwise.
According to the ODM MP, the
deal would have helped fix the issue of unstable electricity in the country
including his constituency.
"In my region, we don't
have stable electricity, the transmission lines are dead and now that we had
these Adani people come to fix this problem, there was no need for the
President to cancel, especially this for electricity transmission."
"The kind of damage we
suffer as people from the Lake side is enormous. Our youth cannot do things
like welding because there is no power. On that one, I disagree with the
President," he said.
Additionally, the Legislator
referenced the Nairobi Expressway which initially faced opposition from Kenyans
who are currently enjoying its services.
"When former President
Uhuru Kenyatta was constructing the Expressway, he never did any tender
anywhere and some people complained about it but today Kenyans are happy about
the Expressway and everybody is using it," he added.
Ruto ordered the cancellation of
the Adani-JKIA expansion deal as well as the Adani-KETRACO deal while issuing
the State of the Nation Address in Parliament.
The president explained that the
new orders were informed by new information regarding the integrity of the
Indian company.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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