Former Kiambu county boss William Kabogo has remained mum on his actual plans for the approaching 2022 general elections, after losing to Governor Ferdinand Waititu in the 2017 polls.
In an interview on Milele FM’s ‘Kivumbi' show on Thursday, the outspoken leader said that his sole role currently is to serve the people from outside, as 2022 is still several years away.
He said that he is now using his position as a prominent Kenyan to keep the Jubilee government on check, now that the opposition seems to be staggering after the March 9 truce between the two sides.
Kabogo allocated himself the opposition leadership role, terming it unrealistic and insincere to sit pretty as the government makes wrong moves here and there.
‘’Kazi yangu kwa sasa ni kufuatilia mwelekeo wa nchi na kurekebisha serikali inapokosea. Kwa sasa hatuna upinzani baada ya salamu za Rais Uhuru Kenyatta and Kiongozi wa upinzani Raila Odinga. (The country has no notable opposition after the truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition chief Raila Odinga. I have taken it upon myself to keep the government in check),’’ he said.
‘’Serikali ikienda kombo nitakuwa hapo kuirekebisha (when the government goes wrong I will be on standby to correct it),’’ he added.
However, the opposition has since maintained that it remains strong and upright despite its silence on national matters lately.