Mt Kenya leaders unease over Ruto political ties with Raila
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Mt Kenya leaders caution President Ruto on political ties with Raila expressing fears the relationship might isolate the region
Mt Kenya leaders caution President Ruto on political ties with Raila expressing fears the relationship might isolate the region.
A group of leaders from the Mount Kenya region have urges President Ruto to proceed with caution in his political alliance with ODM leader Raila Odinga.
The leaders spoke during the official opening of Makutano junction Huduma centre in Laikipia presided by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in his four-day tour of Embu and Laikipia Counties.
Gachagua has spent the last four days in the Mount Kenya region, visiting Embu, Laikipia, as part of his attempt to strengthen his political base in the wake of the Ruto-Raila partnership.
The leaders voiced worries that Raila Odinga might use his prospective position as chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) to undermine the Kenya Kwanza government.
Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu expressed fears that the Ruto-Odinga relationship might lead to Mount Kenya’s isolation from the government.
He rallied the community to support Gachagua as the senior-most politician from the region.
He said;
“Ungiona Nguru metha iguru,kwina mundu umatambirie hao ndinahaba inyika (when you see a tortoise on the top of the table, someone must have placed it there)”.
“We will support you to the end and the community is fully behind you and you should not panic.”
Gachagua during his entire tour emphasized the importance of unity in the Mount Kenya region and urged the community to rally behind President Ruto for the sake of national political harmony.
He called on the community to dismiss any attempts to sow division among them, highlighting the historical instance in 1992 when Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Embu, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, and Nyandarua supported Mwai Kibaki, while Kiambu, Murang’a, and Nairobi backed Kenneth Matiba.
This division, he emphasized, contributed to the community losing to former President Moi.
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Expressing unwavering support for William Ruto, he stressed the community’s commitment to backing him fully for mutual benefit and progress.
Gachagua underscored the importance of unity, emphasizing that the Mount Kenya region should remain vigilant against attempts to splinter them along county lines.
“We are keenly following the evolving national politics. We are watching from afar but we know as long as we are united, no one will shake us as the Mt Kenya region. Nobody should be told to divide us along the county lines because if we fall for that trap, we will be doomed,” Gachagua told the residents of Embu.
Nyeri governor Mutahi Kahiga said that the government is one and the people should not be divided on who to support.
He noted that there is no harm when the people of Mount Kenya meet to discuss their pressing issues and thus the Mount Kenya region should not be always judged negatively while other communities in western and Rift Valley meet and talk about their issues.
“When Mount Kenya leaders meet to talk, you will start to hear people complaining but when Luhyas do so, no one complains, we must unite for the region’s unity and growth,” he said.
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