Kenyatta family sends emissaries to meet Ruto
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Kenyatta family sends representatives to hold meeting with President Ruto according to defence CS Aden Duale
Kenyatta family sends representatives to hold meeting with President Ruto according to defence CS Aden Duale.
Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, on Friday, March 31, divulged details of a meeting between President William Ruto and representatives of the Kenyatta family.
The longtime ally of Ruto during an interview with Spice FM claimed that the family of the former president Uhuru Kenyatta dispatched emissaries to Ruto in an effort to broker a truce.
The family requested immunity and urged the government to leave them alone, the CS claims.
“They have sent emissaries that the former President and his family should be left alone. Nobody can guarantee them that. That guarantee given to them should also be given to ordinary Kenyans,” he stated.
The defence CS added that they advised the President against agreeing to the deal, adding that no one was above the law.
He explained that Ruto insisted on respecting the rule of law in his speeches.
“What advice did we give to the President? The whole plan is to have a handshake with Raila, who will then do the bidding of the Kenyatta family.
“He has been very consistent. The President has been very firm that he will uphold the Constitution,” he stated.
The CS, however, also took shots at the Kenyatta family, whom he charged with being involved in the ongoing demonstrations led by the Azimio la Umoja coalition.
Duale claimed that Raila was being pressured by Uhuru’s family to hold talks with his challenger – Ruto citing intelligence inputs.
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He explained how the protests had undermined the government and would ultimately have an impact on the country.
“Outside this, there is the extension of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hand. I am not speaking as an Agriculture CS. The family was involved in yesterday’s demonstrations,” he stated in reference to being fed intelligence reports.
The CS’s statements could not be substantiated as the Kenyatta family are yet to comment on the matter.
Duales’ statements came days after the family’s farm in Ruiru – Northlands City Project was raided by goons who stole 1,400 sheep and destroyed an unknown number of trees.
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