National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah on Wednesday took a swipe at Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over the latter’s campaign seeking to unite Mt Kenya.
Speaking during a parliamentary session on Wednesday noon, the vocal legislator accused the second in command of fragmenting the nation.
Ichung'wah while insisting on the matter, underscored the need for national unity regardless of voting patterns recorded in national elections.
He further reiterated that there was no superior Kenyan and that the government has a cardinal responsibility to distribute national resources equally to different parts of the nation.
According to Ichung'wah, the Deputy President's One man, One Vote, One Shilling campaign is retrogressive and has the potential of alienating the Mt Kenya region from the rest of the country.
“Development is the entire nation's right, regardless of voting patterns in general elections,” Ichung’wah noted.
"It is retrogressive and undemocratic to claim that other regions do not deserve development. This approach sets one region against the rest of the nation," he added.
Ichung'wah's sentiments come hours after DP Gachagua hit out at the lawmaker over alleged claims of being called a villager.
The DP while addressing a delegation of health officials in Mombasa, said he was perplexed after a lawmaker termed him a villager.
While dismissing the remarks, Gachagua urged Kenyans to be proud of their roots and that no one should make them feel embarrassed.
“You know, every person has somewhere they came from and everyone has a home,” Gachagua stated.
“I do not know why anybody would have a problem with where we all come from," he added.
