Politician Mohammed Abduba Dida has called for punitive measures against Deputy President William Ruto over his attacks on an initiative enjoying President Uhuru Kenyatta's backing.
The DP has been firing unending attacks on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and the said looming referendum proposal expected to come out of the BBI taskforce.
However, it is worth noting that the initiative was partially formed by Uhuru, in collaboration with Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) boss Raila Odinga, after their March 2018 truce.
Dida now says that the DP is getting bolder and bolder in his attacks, and there is a need for Uhuru to take control and punish him for contradicting his stand.
The former presidential aspirant called upon Uhuru to emulate his predecessors Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki who stood their ground and punished their deputies at such times.
"The DP is getting bolder and bolder with these attacks on BBI. In 2002, President Moi fired the late Saitoti. When Raila and team ganged up against Kibaki, he had to take control of his government by firing them all. HE Uhuru, what history are you reading?" he posed in a tweet Sunday.
On Sunday, for instance, the DP once again fired out at the supporters of the referendum bid, a repetition of Saturday, where he accused them of keeping the nation in a politicking mode.
But Dida's suggestion might be hard to fulfil, considering that under the new constitution, there is very little Uhuru can do against his deputy.
This is with the consideration that they are in power as a team, which denies Uhuru the powers to sack his deputy.