LUSAKA: TOO SOON FOR REFERENDUM TALKS, FOCUS ON DELIVERING THE BIG FOUR AGENDA.

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By Erick Nyoti

The Speaker of the Senate, Rt Hon Kenneth Lusaka has urged national and county leaders to focus on supporting the realization of the Big Four development agenda.

Speaking when he visited the Headquarters of the African Divine Church (ADC) in Boyani, Vihiga County, where he presided over the closing ceremony of the Youth Leaders’ National Convention, Speaker Lusaka noted that the country had just come from one of the most expensive elections in the world.

“I do not deny that change is good as rest. Calls for referendum this soon after the 2017 elections are however premature. Our economy is only recovering from the prolonged electioneering period,” observed the Speaker.

“The country is usually on tenterhooks whenever elections are imminent. The best thing for the country right now is to support the realization of the Big Four agenda,” said Speaker Lusaka.

He reminded the convention that brings together 1,000 youth from across the country, how Kenya was divided into “Oranges and Bananas during the 2005 referendum”  saying it would be retrogressive to the unity demonstrated by the historic handshake at the steps of Harambee House between HE President Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt Hon Raila Odinga.

Shamakhokho Ward MCA Hon Douglas Beru on his part asked congregants to support the Government of the day.

“We must support the government of the day to spur development in the country,” said Beru.

The Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka|FILE

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