Monday, November 4, 2024 – Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi has blasted former Deputy
President Rigathi Gachagua over his advice to the lawmakers from Mt Kenya
regarding the coffee sector.
In a statement,
Wamumbi, who is also the area MP for the impeached DP, lashed out at
Gachagua over remarks that he made urging leaders from his region to use the
same speed they used in impeaching him, to attend to the development needs of Mt.
Kenya region.
According to Wamumbi, Gachagua
allegedly planned to swindle money meant for coffee farmers therefore making it
hard for them to embark on programs such as coffee reforms.
The first time MP revealed that
some companies were taking advantage of farmers from Mt Kenya which Gachagua
was aware of despite his campaigns towards the plight of farmers.
“H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH, the
reason why we cannot pass the coffee bill with speed as you want is we must
first deal with all the plans you had to steal coffee farmers’ money,’’ Wamumbi
stated.
“The company that is buying all
Nyeri coffee, you know about it,’’ he added.
The lawmaker also linked the
closing of Mathira Coffee Millers to the former DP, maintaining that Gachagua
had a vested interest in the sector.
Further, the MP revealed that
there were schemes the former DP was aware of, where farmers were being conned
extra amounts of money on their produce.
According to Wamumbi, the monies
were being diverted to pockets of private individuals despite the campaigns
aimed at helping coffee farmers from the region.
”The reason Mathira Coffee
Millers was closed is so that you can have all the control over the sale of
coffee. You know that Ksh3 per kilo on every Nyeri coffee farmer was being
diverted,’’ Wamumbi claimed.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
