A section of kenya kwanza MPs have backed President William Ruto's offer of Ksh.10,000 for each home affected by floods in Nairobi County, dismissing Azimio's claims of the donations being too little and too late.
On Monday, Ruto paid a visit to Mathare flood victims, promising Ksh.10,000 to each of the 40,000 affected families.
However, the opposition Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition party criticized Ruto's vow as "a case of too little, too late" by the president's "disastrous" Kenya Kwanza government on Wednesday.
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During Thursday's Daybreak program on Citizen TV, Kalicheba MP Titus Lotee accused the opposition of hypocrisy, stating that Kenyans should accept Ruto's offer as a show of care and humanity.
“The whole ODM team gave Ksh.1 million and are asking the government to give Ksh.100,000 per family? The monthly budget of these households is probably not more than Ksh.10,000,” said Lotee.
He said that the Ksh.10,000 is not insignificant, noting that catering for 40,000 households in three months will cost the state Ksh.1.2 billion.
“For the first time, I saw the president in gumboots in a muddy area in the slum, no other president has done that. It shows he empathises with the situation and wants action taken.”
Murang'a Senator Joe Nyutu, with whom Lotee was on a panel discussion, characterized the opposition's critique as coming from a luxury position.
“Some people think Ksh.10,000 is too little, but those are people who think everybody lives the kind of life they live. But these people live in a 10-by-10-foot room without many items and can get somewhere to live at a rent of Ksh.1,000 or Ksh.2,000 and use part of the money to do small business,” the senator said.
“It is not enough; nobody has enough money, but it was a good gesture as the government looks into what more can be done,” Nyutu added.
