Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya has accused the national government of hypocrisy, claiming leaders use a so-called broad-based approach to silence critics while rewarding tribal voting blocs.
Speaking on Spice FM on Wednesday, July 9, Natembeya said the push for a broad-based government is nothing but a ploy to neutralise dissent by co-opting potential critics into government positions. "Broad-based government is an escape from accountability, that the people who are supposed to be criticising you join the eating table and therefore they keep quiet," noted Natembeya. "It is actually bread-based, not broad-based," he added.
Natembeya argued that while the national government rewards ethnic voting blocs, his administration in Trans Nzoia reflects the country's diversity. "My government has got all the communities, I have balanced that way," explained Natembeya. "If I was to behave the way the national government behaves and say I was voted for by 80 per cent of Luhyas, I would give them 80 per cent of everything.
But I realised this is a cosmopolitan county and I gave slots to people who did not vote for me.
