Ruto reveals closed-door meeting with Kalonzo after winning August elections
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Ruto reveals closed-door meeting with Kalonzo to make him Speaker of National Assembly after winning August elections
Ruto reveals closed-door meeting with Kalonzo to make him Speaker of National Assembly after winning August elections.
After winning the presidential elections in August 2022, President William Ruto met with Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and urged him to join his administration, the president stated on Sunday, April 16.
While speaking at an interdenominational prayer session at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos, Ruto said that the move was taken to honor a commitment he had made to the residents of Machakos prior to the election.
He claimed that the Kenya Kwanza wing was contemplating the former vice president for the job of speaker of the national assembly at the time of his meeting with Kalonzo.
“I promised that if I won, I would look for Kalonzo because he had been troubled by the others. I don’t want to be a liar, I want to say the truth, when I won the elections, I looked for Kalonzo and sat down with him.
“I told him to come and join my administration. There was a vacancy in the Speaker’s position and others because I did not want you to blame me later,” he stated.
Ruto pointed out that Kalonzo turned down his offer and decided to keep with the Azimio coalition.
President Ruto added that he gave the positions to other individuals respecting the decision the Wiper leader had made.
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“I have discharged my responsibility because I spoke to him and he told me that he wanted to continue with the other team, what was I supposed to do?” he added.
The Head of State noted that the decision made by Kalonzo did not deter him from including members of the Akamba community in his government adding that he ensured all communities were represented.
Ruto stated that he would pick more members of the Akamba community in his government asking them to distance themselves from the Azimio mass protest.
“Even if he refused to work with me, I vowed to look for other leaders from ‘Ukambani’ to work with me to ensure that the people here were included in my government,” Ruto stated.
“I will even include more members from ‘Ukambani’ to my government because I cannot allow others to destroy this community with demonstrations that will not be of help to anyone,” added Ruto.
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