VIDEO: I WILL GIVE MUMIAS A GOOD INVESTOR SOONEST SAYS KETRACO'S BARASA.

KETRACO CEO Fernandes Odinga Baraza has promised to get an investor for the collapsed Mumias sugar Company in the next 30 days.

Speaking at a funeral in Mumias East, Baraza claimed he had "links with World Bank-WB, French Development Agency-FDA and African development  BANK-ADB.

" It's unfortunate that Mumias Sugar issues has been politicised and localised  while investors out there are saying Mumias is a viable project" He said.

Mr. Baraza who it is claimed will contest in the 2022 race as Kakamega Governor told his listeners that he was well connected and that he had to take it upon himself to "wake up the sleeping giant"

He said as a farmer, he would support any investor coming to the company and wondered why local elected leaders were fronting conditionalities for those interested in investing at MSC.

In a thinly-veiled attacks on his political opponents Mr. Baraza openly declared that Kakamega needed an accountant as a Governor adding he was the right person to replace

Governor Whycliffe Oparanya in 2022.

" This county needs a finance expert to run its affairs, it's me who made Oparanya get the FCPA title and when it comes to matters finance he calls me chairman, Iam suitable to be his replacement in 2022 going forward" He said. 

In an attack that would see guns trailed towards him the Ketraco boss claimed two of his Opponents in the race, Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala and Lugari MP Ayub Savula were outsiders who lacked seriousness in matters Mumias revival.

"People have come all the way from Siaya and Bunyore to talk about MSC as if there are no locals around and that is why as a farmer and a son of this place, I have now taken charge" He said.

Later speaking to eshikumo2030 on phone, Honourable Savula dismissed Mr. Baraza's asortions as wet dreams by a man who is "looking for space and soft landing to fit in the MSC debate".

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala in a watsap post dismissed Mr. Baraza as a "late comer seeking sympathy with too little too late.

For the past couple of weeks local leaders have waded into MSC debate after the KCB- appointed Receiver for Mumias sugar, PVR RAO revealed to the Senate Agriculture and Livestock committee that steel billionaire DEVKI had not been awarded as a MUMIAS Sugar receiver.

Kakamega Senator had sought guidance on the process the Mr. RAO had used to settle for DEVKI as the sole investor questioning why the process was kept under wraps.

RAO's asortion that he had dealt with Devki while at Kwale has rattled several stakeholders in the sugar industry with suspicion that the RAO-DEVKI union was suspicious.

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