Azimio sends Ruto message ahead of Wednesday deadline, “you’re not paid to give excuses”
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Azimio leaders castigate Ruto over his rhetoric on the state of the economy ahead of the looming nationwide mass protest
Azimio leaders castigate Ruto over his rhetoric on the state of the economy ahead of the looming nationwide mass protest.
The leaders asserted that Kenyan taxpayers do not pay President William Ruto’s administration to inform them of the country’s problems.
The leaders claimed in a joint statement released on Wednesday that Kenyans are already aware of the justifications the current government has been using to avoid keeping its pledges.
The statement was signed by Senators Edwin Sifuna (Nairobi), Enock Wambua (Kitui) and MPs Nabii Nabwera (Lugari), Anthony Oluoch (Mathare), Sam Atandi (Alego Usonga) and Jared Okelo (Nyando).
“We do not pay Cabinet secretaries or Principal secretaries to tell us how bad things are. Kenyans know that already. We do not pay the government to tell us where and how things went wrong and who is responsible,” they said.
“We do not pay this administration to supply us with morticians, deniers, and revisionists which is what we seem to have.”
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The Azimio MPs said that the situation was worse than it is currently when former president Mwai Kibaki took office following the Moi government, but he never gave excuses.
Instead, they claimed that Kibaki provided a clear blueprint for how he would rebuild the economy by working with the private sector, and in three months, the difference could be felt across the country.
“There is no doubt the economy is in bad shape. But there is also no doubt that it is not worse than what the Rainbow Coalition inherited in 2002 and turned around in a matter of months.”
The statement comes ahead of Wednesday’s midnight ultimatum for Ruto to respond to Azimio coalition demands.
Raila, on February 22, gave the government a 14-day ultimatum to address the high cost of living, recruitment of Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners, and opening of its servers.
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