Miguna Miguna chides Ruto after US Congress speaker declines his invite for a joint house session
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Lawyer Miguna Miguna scornfully supports a move by US Congress Speaker Michael Johnson to decline Ruto invite for a joint house address
Lawyer Miguna Miguna scornfully supports a move by US Congress Speaker Michael Johnson to decline Ruto invite for a joint house address.
Lawyer Miguna Miguna has scornfully reacted in support of the move by the United States Congress Speaker Michael Johnson to cancel the request to have President William Ruto address a joint session of the legislative house.
Ruto will be in the US on a state visit on May 21 and the Foreign Affairs Committee had made a request to have President Ruto address the Congress.
However, US Congress Speaker, Michael Johnson declined the invite blaming the cancellation on the scheduling restraints.
Michael Johnson, however, offered the Kenyan envoy over 90 minutes of engagement including a one-on-one visit and a bipartisan leadership meeting with him and other ranking members at Capitol Hill.
Reacting to the evolving events, Miguna said the move was informed by the US being alive to the wanting integrity of African leaders.
“What an embarrassment! This is why I keep saying that it’s a tragedy that those appointed to higher echelons of power must be competent and have integrity. Then such rotten eggs would not be splashed on our faces by foreign governments,” said Miguna.
The move by the US Speaker infuriated Democrats who accused him of rebuking them.
Richard E. Neal, the representative of Massachusetts’s 1st congressional district, argued the Speaker downplayed the importance of the diplomatic relation between the US and Kenya by turning down the request to have Ruto address the House.
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He recalled his engagements with former president Uhuru Kenyatta saying they were successful and concretised the relations between the two countries.
“I had the privilege of hosting former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, where we spoke about the great opportunities to strengthen relations between our two economies present, and since then, Kenya has only continued to demonstrate its commitment to reaffirming our 60-year partnership. With the Biden Administration already rising to the rightful occasion by hosting a state dinner, the Congress must do the same,” Neal said.
Barbara Lee, another lawmaker from the Democrat party, termed the cancellation as a disrespect to Ruto and the Kenyan people. “Disgraceful. Rather than strengthening relationships with our allies, once again the Pro-Putin caucus shows its true colours by denying a critical East African ally a chance to address Congress. The Kenyan people and President Ruto deserve far more respect,” she said.
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