Uhuru took over IG functions and his decisions will favour Azimio; Ruto to election observers
2 min readRuto has told international election observers that President Uhuru Kenyatta took over the control of the National Police Service (NPS).
The Deputy President said Uhuru was solely running the police service, and his decisions will favour the Azimio coalition as he serves as its council chairperson.
Speaking to the election observers at his office on Thursday, June 30 Ruto expressed fears that police might be used during the August 9 polls to his disadvantage.
Ruto explained that Uhuru took control of NPS alleging that the Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai, was incompetent.
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate stated that the Inspector General could not make decisions of his own hence the influence of Uhuru on the police.
“We have the most incompetent IG in the whole world and that is a big problem. His incompetence may not play out when things are working but when things get ahead and decisions need to be made, he cannot. He simply doesn’t have the capacity.
“To be honest the current IG is the President of Kenya, who is the leader of Azimio. If you put yourself in our shoes and the IG is also a competitor, you wonder. Where do you start?” posed the DP.
“When the chips are down and decisions have to be made on some critical elements of the elections, if it is the President to make the decision and he is already the chairman of our competition, your guess is as good as mine.
“From where I sit, I am running against my boss than his candidate and that is the real competition.”
The election observers delegation was led by former Nigerian President, Jonathan Goodluck, who is on a pre-election tour of the country ahead of the August 9 polls.
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