Raila must stop crying wolf over Jubilee projects

As a leader of no mean repute, Raila Amolo Odinga should exercise wisdom and caution when expressing himself on national matters. How would one explain the fact that he presided over a major project and several years down the line, he dramatically turns around to repudiate and condemn it, laying blame on everybody but himself. The Murang’a water project is above board from whatever angle you look at it. First, it is funded by none other than the World Bank. Do you think Kenya can fool such a highly respected global institution into implementing a project that can harm Kenyans? The World Bank enjoys the services of the best experts who analyse any proposed project left, right and centre. It is highly improbable that the Bank would endorse and fund a project that would have a negative impact on the surrounding communities and disturb the ecological balance.

Feasibility studies and environmental impact assessments were duly done and the National Environment Management Authority gave the project a clean bill of health. It is perplexing that Raila wants the world to believe he is the best environmental scientist this country has ever had. It has become the norm for Raila to improvise figures and facts and use them to try to hoodwink Kenyans and raise the alarm unnecessarily. However nicely cooked, garnished and artfully packaged, lies always collapse like a house of cards when subjected to the truth.