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Ababu denies rejecting cash at fundraiser

ODM chairman John Mbadi and former secretary general Ababu Namwamba address the media at Orange House on January 7 / HEZRON NJOROGE

Budalangโ€™i MP Ababu Namwamba has denied rejecting Busia Governor Sosepeter Ojaamongโ€™s contribution during a fundraiser for St. Benedictโ€™s Secondary School last Friday.

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Former MP Raphael Wanjala, lawyer Leonard Okanda, Teso elder Cleophas Okisai and Constastine Obuya accused Namwamba of โ€œrallying youthsโ€ to reject the governorโ€™s contribution.

Obuya said she was sent by the governor, but Namwamba led the youth in rejecting the cash. โ€œThe 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. โ€œOn behalf of Budalangโ€™i 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. โ€œWe must condemn this immature, undemocratic and retrogressive behaviour,โ€ he said.

Okisai said no one is bigger than Busia. He urged Namwamba and St Benedictโ€™s Secondary Schoolโ€™s management committee to apologise for belittling the governor.

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But Namwamba said that was propaganda spread by โ€œclueless characters who have no moral authority over anythingโ€. He said the function was not a fundraiser and he did not preside over it.

โ€œThe guest of honour was Education CS Fred Matiangโ€™i, 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 โ€œserious funds, instead of hiding behind meaningless crybabiesโ€. He said the governor has failed to honour his two-year-old promise and was, instead, โ€œsending little pennies of stolen county fundsโ€.

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