Angry Uhuru Kenyatta storms Jubilee meeting to avert budget crisis

President Uhuru Kenyatta is reported to have warned the legislators of unspecified consequences if they failed to pass the crucial agenda. (Photo: File)

A furious President Uhuru Kenyatta stormed a meeting of Jubilee MPs and ordered them to abandon a scheme by members of the National Assembly to block passage of the Budget.

The dramatic intervention at lunchtime in a Nairobi hotel Thursday by the President and his deputy, William Ruto, averted a looming shutdown of government operations after the House in the afternoon approved the report on the Budget estimates.