[Meru governor Peter Munya. He has expressed interest vying for the presidency in 2022. Courtesy: The Star]
Outspoken Meru governor Peter Munya has told off Senator Kiraitu Murungi on his 2022 presidential bid.
Kiraitu had termed Munya's 2022 presidential bid as "premature", urging him to shelve his ambitions in favour of Deputy President William Ruto, who is eyeing to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta after the 2017 general elections.
But speaking on Sunday in Imenti Central, Munya dismissed Kiraitu's advice, noting that the lawmaker is unqualified to advise him matters politics.
He cited Munya's decision to dissolve the Alliance Party of Kenya (APK) which merged with Jubilee Party.
“I did not ask Mr Murungi to help me in becoming president in 2022. This is my ambition and he is also free to sleep and dream. Mr Murungi should prepare for his retirement because when he was asked to become Mr Ruto’s running mate, he refused passionately,” he said.
“Mr Murungi dissolved the Alliance Party of Kenya yet it was our hope to ascending to national leadership. When I moved to PNU, he started all manner of battles starting with claims that it had been dissolved. We also had problems in gazettement of party officials. But we have won all these battles and will remain unstoppable,” he added.