DCP Hits Out at CS Mbadi Over Soda Consumption Economic Measure

The Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) has called out Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi for using soda consumption as a measure of economic stability.

Speaking at the DCP Headquarters on Thursday, August 12, Secretary General designate Senator John Methu termed the argument as infertile.

He demanded that Mbadi address key issues and table better evidence that the economy was doing well under President William Ruto's administration.

"Stop giving us speeches and infertile arguments that more Kenyans are taking soda and therefore, the economy is good.

"Kenyans don't eat speeches; they want money in their pockets," the Nyandarua Senator declared.

Methu gave his own checklist of what would be indicators of a well-performing economy that would be felt by the ordinary Kenyan.

"Don't just tell Kenyans that the economy has grown. Tell us, are Kenyans saving more? Are they keeping more of their salaries after tax? Are businesses making more money? Are farmers earning from their produce?

"Are youths finding jobs? Are fewer families borrowing merely to survive?" the outspoken Senator posed.

He further called out the pro-Ruto Members of Parliament for attacking former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after he released his 'Ruto at Four' statement.

Methu reckoned that the speech was not an attack by Gachagua on the leaders allied to the broad-based government, but just a demand for accountability for the regime which has been in office for the last four years.

He sensationally claimed that the statement was an audit of 55 million Kenyans on one man, Ruto, whom he accused of single-handedly sinking the nation.

The SG-Designate reiterated Gachagua's call for accountability over the killing of Gen X protesters, the abduction of Kenyans, the harassment of media practitioners, and the abduction of foreign nationals.

DCP's statement came after Mbadi claimed that those opposing Ruto were doing so on ethnic grounds, adding that there was enough evidence that the economy was doing well.

"If it's the economy, we should be celebrated, and some of us should be given awards. Soft drink consumption has gone up in this country; do you know what that tells you? People take sodas when there is a little more in their pockets," the Treasury CS stated.