President William Ruto has urged his predecessor, the 4th President Uhuru Kenyatta, to stop sabotaging the government of Kenya.
The President told the retired leader that it is unpresidential for a former Head of State to undermine the government that he once led, saying that is the role of a rebel leader like Ugandan Joseph Kony.
Kony is a fugitive Ugandan warlord and founder of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group notorious for decades of extreme violence and human rights abuses.
The President also hit out at Kenyatta for allegedly funding the opposition to wreck his government
Ruto said he is not seeking the support of the former President even though he supported him in four elections – in 2002, 2013, and 2017 twice – and said Kenyatta should stop frustrating the government’s efforts to transform Kenya.
Speaking in Homa Bay County, Nyanza region, on Thursday, Ruto pointed out that the economy the former President “left in tatters” has now been stabilised.
“You left the economy in tatters, but we have stabilised it,” the President said.
He told Kenyatta that he failed to deliver on roads, healthcare, affordable housing and education while in government, but was now using political allies to oppose the same programmes President Ruto’s administration is implementing effectively.
“The housing programme that you failed to implement now has 300,000 units under construction and it is employing 1.1 million Kenyans. We are building 600 modern markets and 180,000 student hostels in our universities, technical colleges and Kenya Medical Training College, things he failed to deliver,” he said.
He questioned Kenyatta’s decision to remain involved in opposition politics after leaving State House, saying former presidents should use their experience to guide and advise the country rather than remain actively involved in political affairs.
“My brother Uhuru Kenyatta, you are lowering the dignity of the Office of the Retired President and your own dignity,” the President said.
He regretted that the former President has been sabotaging his administration for the past four years, saying he was jealous of the transformation agenda taking place in the country.
“What you are doing with opposition leaders, including those in Linda Nothing, is wrong. The country is bigger than any individual, including yourself,” the President told Kenyatta.
At the same time, President Ruto said Kenyans will shame the proponents of tribalism and ethnic mobilisation at the ballot come the next General Election.
The President pointed out that Kenyans are seeking leaders who have a transformative agenda for the country.
“We are going to ashame those who perpetuate the politics of discrimination, hate and tribalism,” he stated.
