Former Starehe MP Maina Kamanda has warned Deputy President William Ruto's camp against what he called as 'blackmail' in war against graft, warning that if they are dissatisfied with fight against corruption, they should quit.
Over the weekend, a group of MPs from North Rift led by Senator Kipchumba Murkomen of Elgeyo-Marakwet, accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of using the war against graft to target his deputy. They also tasked Uhuru to State whether he's disinterested in Ruto, adding that they would quit.
But on Sunday at Kasarani, the pro-Uhuru team under Kamanda accused DP Ruto and his team of derailing the war against corruption by persistently dragging his community whenever Uhuru unleashes.
“If they want to leave the government, let them do so quietly. Those who have looted public funds should stop issuing veiled threats that their communities are being targeted!” Mr Kamanda said.
Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati told the DP to stop attacking the President using his close allies. “We cannot accept this country to slide back to where it was,” Mr Arati said.
On his part, Cherangany MP Joshua Kuttuny said: “You (DP) will never get to power using threats, intimidation and blackmail.”
Others present were Ms Mercy Gakuya (Kasarani), Mr Anthony Oluoch (Mathare), Mr Paul Koinange (Kiambaa), Mr Maoka Maore (Igembe North), Mr Robert Mbui (Kathiani), Kiambu woman rep Gathoni Wamuchomba and Mr Ngunjiri Wambugu (Nyeri Town).
Mr Kamanda recently formed Mt Kenya and Diaspora Forum, a movement which is said to be keen to campaign against the DP across the country besides pushing for success of President Uhuru Kenyatta's Big Four agenda.
Uhuru has often maintained that the fight against corruption will not stop despite resistance from a section of his troops in Jubilee.