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    OP's Sh29bn vote under threat over Armenians
    Story by NATION Team | Parliament
    Publication Date: 7/12/2006

    The Nation, Kenya
    July 11 2006

    Opposition MPs threatened to shoot down a Sh29 billion vote for the
    Office of the President, accusing it of inefficiency and corruption.

    They demanded the resignation of minister John Michuki, saying he
    had embarrassed the Government over the raid on the Standard Group
    and the Armenians' saga.

    Several Kanu and Liberal Democratic Party MPs veered from debate
    to demand that the minister quit for allegedly defending the two
    foreigners and for admitting government involvement in the March raid
    by masked gunmen.

    But MPs on the Government side came to Mr Michuki's defence, and
    asked those opposed to him to confine their debate to the vote on
    the ministry and not his personal conduct.

    Temporary deputy Speaker Samuel Pogishio (Kacheliba, Kanu) had a hard
    time trying to control debate.

    He told MPs that the issue at hand had nothing to do with the minister
    as a person but the money voted for his ministry.

    Mr Jakoyo Midiwo (Gem, Narc) rose on a point of order when Mr
    Michuki stood up to move the motion on the vote soon after the end
    of question time.

    He said MPs would be demanding for Mr Michuki's resignation since
    had failed to run his ministry well by allowing Armenian foreigners
    to treat the country with contempt.

    Mr Joseph Nkaiserry (Kajiado Central, Kanu) said it would be bad for
    Parliament to debate and pass a budget for a ministry that had been
    voted the most corrupt in an opinion poll.

    Mr Raila Odinga (Langata, Narc) described Mr Michuki as a political
    liability who had failed President Kibaki and the Government.

    He said the minister should be ashamed of asking for Sh29 billion,
    adding: "Kenyans woke up one morning to the shocking raid on the
    Standard Group, only for this minister to say two days later that the
    government had ordered the raid. Are we being ruled by a government
    of human beings or snakes?"

    The former Roads minister accused the Government of harassing Narok
    North MP William Ntimama for defending the rights of the Maasai.

    Mr Odinga said if there was anybody who should be charged, it was Mr
    Michuki. "Infact, Mr Michuki's ministry should be renamed the ministry
    of Internal Insecurity."
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