Rarieda MP Otiende Amolo has cleared his name over controversy with his ODM party leader Raila Odinga regarding the controversial remarks on the National Government Constituency Development Fund.
The MP said ODM was the architect of the ongoing public participation motion on the NG-CDF kitty that the Court of Appeal quashed last year.
Otiende who is the sponsor of the Constitutional Amendment Bill said that entrenchment of the NGCDF into the Constitution was a recommendation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report adopted on February 25, 2024 which Raila is supporting. "The NADCO co-chaired by Kalonzo Musyoka and Kimani Ichungwa found it necessary that NGCDF should be entrenched into the Constitution," Otiende said. "We got instructions from Raila that the NADCO should be implemented as it was and I just followed the instructions as the representative of the people of Rarieda," the MP added.
The ODM leader has recently called for abolition of the NGCDF kitty proposing that the funds be directed to the counties to support devolution.
