If You Want Me to Speak Fluent English, Give me a Deal Worth Sh5 Million - Oscar Sudi

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has hit out at his opponents questioning his eloquence in speaking English, asking them to sell their agenda instead. 

Speaking in an event in Soy, Uasin Gishu county, the outspoken MP dismissed claims that he is illiterate noting that he only speaks English when doing serious business.  

Sudi asked his opponents to give him business deals worth Sh5 million if they want to hear him speak fluent English. 

"Unajua naskia hawa watu wakisema Sudi hajui kuongea kingereza. Ukitaka kuskia nikiongea kingereza, leta mtu wa biashara bora ni zaidi ya milioni tano utaskia kiingereza nitoangea. Unaongea kingereza bure kwani wews ni wazimu?" He posed.  

The lawmaker then asked his opponents to focus on selling their agenda to the people instead of taking issue with his fluency in English. 

"Sahii naenda Zoom meeting, wanadhani naenda kuongea ki-Kalenjin? Uza sera, kama network yako haifiki Nakuru, kaa nyumbani. Kiti ya siasa sio ya mtu, mambo ni mengi sana," he added.  

In July 2020, Mzalendo Trust, a Parliamentary Monitoring Organization (PMO) announced that Sudi made zero contributions in the National Assembly since 2017. 

Other silent MPs were Gideon Konchella (Kilgoris), Fred Ouda (Kisumu Central), Richard Onyonka (Kitutu Chache South), Mathias Robi (Kuria West) Marwa Kitayama (Kuria East), Bady Twalib (Jomvu), and George Aladwa (Makadara) among others. 

The 2020 Parliamentary Scorecard noted that 175 MPs spoke less than 10 times, 128 between 10-50 times while 33 MPs spoke more than 50 times.