If there’s a way to remove Ruto from power peacefully, I’ll support it; ODM MP
Dagoretti North MP Beatrice Elachi has said she would support the removal of President William Ruto from office as long as it doesn't involve chaos or anarchy.
Dagoretti North MP Beatrice Elachi has said she would support the removal of President William Ruto from office as long as it doesn’t involve chaos or anarchy.
In an interview on Sunday, July 27, Elachi made it clear that in the absence of such an option, Kenyans should focus on voting him out in the next election.
“How I wish somebody could show me how to remove President William Ruto from power and get a new president; not the military, not chaos or anarchy, I will really support.
“But if we don’t have that solution, I will keep the solution we have for now; preparing to remove the president [through the ballot],” she said.
This comes a month after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua discouraged Kenyans opposed to Ruto’s regime from using extralegal means to remove him from office.
Speaking on Saturday, June 28, Gachagua said that whilst the current regime in power is unpopular owing to its supposedly exploitative policies, the only means to remove the president is through the ballot.
He observed that if Kenyans could put up with the presumably repressive regime of the late Daniel Moi, they could be patient for Ruto’s first term and bar him from returning for a second one, through the ballot.
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“And two years is a long time, but not too long. The people of Kenya withstood the brutality of the colonial regime for years. But God saw them through. Again, we had 24 years of the Moi repression.
“Again, we prevailed. Another two years of the Ruto regime will prevail. And I want to say, I have never advocated the removal of President William Ruto from office. I am a believer in the rule of law. I am a believer in the constitution,” he said.
Speaking a day earlier, on Friday, June 27, Ruto had urged his critics to present a clear and constructive alternative, dismissing calls for his removal.
“If it is Ruto must go, then tell me how you want me to go. What do you mean by Ruto must go? Look for a better plan and convince the people of Kenya,” he said.
Ruto argued that opposing his leadership must be rooted in ideas, not simply rejection, adding that those calling for his exit were not offering any meaningful solutions.
“You cannot replace a plan you don’t like with no plan. The only thing you are armed with is hate and violence and you want us to agree with you? There are very few fools in Kenya,” he added.
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