President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto today told opposition leader Raila Odinga to desist from attacking Cabinet Secretaries over baseless accusations.
The President and the Deputy President said Raila's attacks against Cabinet Secretary for Interior, Dr Fred Matiang’i, was a sign that he has lost focus.
President Kenyatta said the opposition was wrong to engage in attacks against the CS who is charged with ensuring security for all Kenyans and is also tasked with ensuring that the elections are chaos free.
“You are competing with me and not Matiang’i. Let Government officers do their job. If you want to be my minister I will give you a job later,” said the President when he spoke in Taveta, Taita Taveta County.
The Deputy President said the baseless attacks against the CS were part of the signs showing that the opposition is not ready for elections and has lost focus.
“Leave Matiang’i alone. His job is to ensure security for all Kenyans,” said the DP. “They want confusion because they are not ready for elections. They are looking for a backdoor means of getting power.”
The Deputy President said the opposition should make up its mind whether it wants to be a participant in the election and if they are not ready, they should wait to contest in 2022.
“It is not Matiang’i who should make up his mind, it is them who should make up their mind whether they want to take part in the elections or they want to be the officials managing the polls,” said the DP.
Taveta MP Naomi Shaaban said the attacks against the CS were a backlash against him for his stand on fake certificates.
“They hate Matiang’i because he said he does not want fake certificates,” said the Jubilee deputy Majority Leader.
The leaders spoke when they toured Taita Taveta County to drum up support for the Jubilee Party.