Budalangโi MP Ababu Namwamba has denied rejecting Busia Governor Sosepeter Ojaamongโs contribution during a fundraiser for St. Benedictโs Secondary School last Friday.
Former MP Raphael Wanjala, lawyer Leonard Okanda, Teso elder Cleophas Okisai and Constastine Obuya accused Namwamba of โrallying youthsโ to reject the governorโs contribution.
Obuya said she was sent by the governor, but Namwamba led the youth in rejecting the cash. โThe MP himself said they did not need the money,โ She told the Star on the phone yesterday.
Wanjala accused Namwamba of buying youths to heckle speakers during public functions. โOn behalf of Budalangโi residents, I take this opportunity to apologise to the governor,โ he said.
Okanda said it was a disgrace for the MP to reject the money. He added political differences must not bar development. โWe must condemn this immature, undemocratic and retrogressive behaviour,โ he said.
Okisai said no one is bigger than Busia. He urged Namwamba and St Benedictโs Secondary Schoolโs management committee to apologise for belittling the governor.
But Namwamba said that was propaganda spread by โclueless characters who have no moral authority over anythingโ. He said the function was not a fundraiser and he did not preside over it.
โThe guest of honour was Education CS Fred Matiangโi, whom I personally invited. He was accompanied by former CIC chairman Charles Nyachae and MP Richard Tongi,โ he said.
The ODM rebel MP told Ojaamong to give the school โserious funds, instead of hiding behind meaningless crybabiesโ. He said the governor has failed to honour his two-year-old promise and was, instead, โsending little pennies of stolen county fundsโ.