Mudavadi in a thin-veiled attack on DP Gachagua cautions politicians contradicting Ruto
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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has cautioned leaders against making utterances that may divide the country on ethnic lines, a statement that seemed to target DP Gachagua
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has cautioned leaders against making utterances that may divide the country on ethnic lines, a statement that seemed to target DP Gachagua.
Senior Kenya Kwanza leaders allied to President William Ruto have sustained their push for national unity while criticizing regional and tribal politics among government officials.
Led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, the leaders in a thin-veiled attack that was seemingly directed at Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his continued indulgence in the Mount Kenya leadership battle pleaded with MPs and government officials to follow President Ruto’s recent directive of desisting from tribal politics.
Speaking in Nandi County on Wednesday, Mudavadi said leaders in various capacities of service owe high responsibility to the citizens and they should be very careful with what they say in public.
The Prime CS said President William Ruto is at the forefront to unite the country and leaders should support this course at all costs.
“What we speak as leaders can be very destructive to the peace that we enjoy as a nation. As leaders we owe it to Kenyans to preach unity, and support the president for us to deliver for Kenyans and unite the country,” he said.
“We should make sure we defend the constitution and protect it. The constitution gives us the freedom of speech and movement but we should not abuse those privileges,” he added.
Mudavadi said it requires the support of all leaders across the board to support President Ruto and his government by working together to ensure the country remains stable, united, and on the right economic recovery trajectory.
“The President and his cabinet are the first point of call in understanding what Kenya is facing. As a cabinet, we should be the last ones to contradict the direction the president is giving the country. The president gets first-hand intelligence on all matters be it security, economy, or any other aspect that affects the well-being of the country.” remarked the Prime CS.
“We leaders should be at the forefront to ensure that we anchor the President’s message and directive as we took an oath to do so. We are privy to the challenges Kenyans are facing and we ought to help in getting solutions that will help the country move forward,” added Mudavadi.
The Prime CS said the government of Kenya has set out an elaborate plan to continue supporting learning institutions as we work towards ensuring every Kenyan child has an equal opportunity and access to quality, affordable, and progressive education from basic to higher levels.
President Ruto’a aide Farouk Kibet echoed Mudavadi’s sentiments as he slammed the DP over what he termed as ‘individual exaltation’ politics.
He said, “We are asking you to uphold unity; the unity of a country is more important than an individual who wants to exalt himself.”
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National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa chided in to castigate the second in command and MPs going against Ruto’s directive saying that tribal and regional politics was backward.
He instead advised leaders promoting regional politics to embrace, an ideology-based type of leadership instead of rallying Kenyans based on their tribal lines.
“Siasa ya kukusanya watu wa eneo moja, kuwaambia kujeni mnifuate, ili niende nikafanye biashara na nyinyi ya kuwauza ili mtembee…hio siasa imepitwa na wakati. Ata hawa watito wako hapa wataangalia wapime waone huyu ni kiongozi ambaye ako na maono yangu kama mwanafunzi. We want to unite all the people of Kenya,” Ichung’wa noted.
“If you want to lead Kenyans, have a plan like the president and an ideology that you can marshall and gunner the people to follow the ideology. But ideologies of division, ethnic balkanization and personality worship cults that is politics of the past and has been overtaken by time and generations.”
The remarks by the leaders came amidst a back-and-forth between DP Gachagua and his boss over the Mt Kenya supremacy battles.
The DP has been in the past weeks advocating for the unity of the mountain, something that President Ruto said was ‘divisive and was bound to cripple the realization of his government’s ambitious promises.
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