Lawmakers from the ruling Jubilee Alliance in the National Assembly this afternoon shocked their colleagues in the opposition when they made a sudden about turn and unanimously approved budget estimates for the 2016/2017 financial year. MPs had previously agreed in an informal house meeting popularly known as ‘Kamukunji’ to postpone the vote to next week until a deal is reached over the release of constituency development funds to lawmakers. President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto held a crisis meeting with lawmakers from jubilee where the two leaders directed the legislators to approve the budget as a matter of priority.