Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru has blasted Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri for what she has termed failing and attempting to blame it on the constitution.
In an interview on Wednesday, Waiguru noted with that the CS has been among Mt Kenya politicians lamenting of bad agricultural produce prices in the region, a problem he has to solve.
She further hit out at the CS for interfering in political matters yet he has been unable to do the job given to him by President Uhuru Kenyatta, telling him to step aside.
"It's very unfortunate that the minister of agriculture is sitting in a press conference complaining about coffee. Now if the minister is complaining and he has been hired by the president to resolve that problem. If he is unable he should step down," Waiguru said as quoted in a tweet by KTN News.
CS Kiunjuri is among Mt Kenya leaders who have been against the proposed referendum, arguing that the nation, and Mt Kenya in particular needs market for its products and not new laws.
The group has cited the poor prices of coffee, tea and milk, which it wants the government to give first priority. However, majority of the politicians have since accepted the changes.
Waiguru as well took issue with lawmakers who have been part of the team, stating that it is their job to address that in the Parliament rather than ranting in press conferences.
"We need to put the interest of the people first. If you are sitting in the agricultural committee in the parliament or the judges committee which resources have you allocated to sort out that coffee problem and that tea problem? You can't be calling a press conference," said the governor.
Waiguru's attack follows a recent one by Uhuru, who lashed out at the group for opposing the proposed constitutional amendments before seeing the proposed changes.
Kiunjuri's involvement with the team has on the other hand been seen as a show of defiance, given that all the remaining CSs who have spoken on the issue have backed the changes.