CSs have a right to campaign for Raila, asserts Muturi
The Speaker of the National
Assembly, Justin Muturi has defended President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet
Secretaries and Principal Secretaries from attacks by politicians.
Speaking at St Gabriel Catholic
Church Mutumo in Gatundu South, Muturi stated that people dealing with policies
and development programmes in the government should be given the space they
need to execute their mandate.
He stated that their role is to
enlighten the public on matters of the government, and being
attacked by politicians make them lack the space and freedom to
effectively do their job.
While urging the church to
support his presidential bid, Muturi asked those launching attacks on interior
CS Fred Matiangi, Information Communication Technology (ICT) CS Joe Mucheru and
Interior PS Karanja Kibicho, to give them freedom to speak out.
He asked leaders allied to the Deputy
President William Ruto to stop pushing for their removal from office, stating
that they are accountable to the people, and should be open to them on the
issues they are dealing with.
“Give them the freedom to speak
about their issues. They have been given an opportunity to serve the Kenyans by
the president and are therefore accountable to the people. Let us allow them to
explain what it is they are doing as a government,” Muturi stated.
He mentioned that instead of dragging the
country into barbarity with their heated exchanges and insults, they
should ensure they push for peace in the country.
While referring to the
2007/2008 post-election turmoil, the presidential hopeful stated that it is
normal to have different opinions but despite that, everyone’s opinion deserves
to be respected.
He urged all politicians to
have a reasonable way of disagreeing, and let everyone sell their agenda to the
public.
“Let us have differences of
opinion but learn to respect each other. If we have to disagree, let us do it
respectively. Those of us seeking political positions, let us sell our agenda
to the people, that is what we have done and what we intend to do,” Muturi
remarked
His statements come at a time
when Ruto’s allies are pushing for the removal of CSs Matiangi, Mucheru, Health
CS Mutahi Kagwe and Kibicho from office, accusing them of campaigning for ODM
leader Raila Odinga.
A number of Ruto allies have
threatened to reject the 2022 election results, since the CSs are in charge of
critical positions in government, and that they have already rigged the 2022
general election.
“I want to request President
Kenyatta that in the interest of the peace and integrity of elections in this
country, they must be
sacked or given lighter duties."
"There is no way we can
have the Minister of Interior, Defence and Information and Communications
Technology support one candidate as we approach the General Election. I want to
say without the fear of contradiction that the rigging of the 2022 general
election has already began,” Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei had earlier stated.
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