A section of elders from the North Rift has criticised Kapseret lawmaker Oscar Sudi over his recent remarks on President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Speaking last week, Sudi who was responding to the arrest of former National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich bashed Uhuru, accusing him of poor leadership.
On Monday, about 1000 elders drawn from Elgeyo Marakwet and Uasin Gishu castigated Sudi and went apologised to President Uhuru on behalf of the Kalenjin community.
In a statement read by Keiyo Elder Yusuf Keitany, they accused the likes of Sudi of undermining the war on graft which Uhuru has vowed to fight to the end.
“We disassociate ourselves from the careless utterances of some of our elected leaders made in Kesses Constituency of Uasin Gishu recently. Theirs is to undermine the efforts made by the Government in fighting corruption,” Keitany said on behalf of the elders at a press conference in Eldoret.
“We apologise to the President and assure him that what was said was not the community's position. We tell such leaders to stop making reckless sentiments. We were taught to respect leaders and not to insult them," they added.
Stephen Kipkech, an elder and a retired military officer cautioned Sudi against making "reckless and disturbing" statements.
"The President has a lot of work and is under stress. We would like leaders in his party to encourage him through good messages, not insults," he said.
Sudi in his tirade asked President Uhuru to resign since he has failed to lead Kenya as expected.