Go away! Raila dares Ruto

Today Raila has once again dared the Deputy President to walk away from the government. Raila feels that if Ruto finds it hard to work with his boss then he should resign.

Calling for Ruto to resign, he referred to his father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga who resigned from the Kenyatta government.

“When Jaramogi disagreed with Kenyatta on the issues of land he wrote a letter that said he found it no longer tenable to remain in government and he resigned. He had the courage and decency to say I am stepping aside because I don’t want to earn a salary and I’m doing nothing. So if you have a problem with your boss, take a walk! Get out of it!” Raila said.

Raila feels that Ruto is trying to sabotage the president’s agenda from within. Raila was at Kango ka Jaramogi, his father’s home when he called for Ruto’s resignation. He was hosting a delegation from Mt Kenya who had come to install him as a Kikuyu elder.

Talking about the handshake, Raila said he couldn’t understand why some people were against his agreement with President Uhuru Kenyatta. “Uhuru (Kenyatta) has tried to live by what we agreed. But when Uhuru is pulling in this direction the other one is pulling in this opposition direction so he cannot be able to deliver what they promised the people of Kenya,” Mr. Odinga said.

In an apparent support of expanded executive touted by the BBI, Raila said there needs new ways to share the national cake. He said the existing formulae was not feasible considering the country’s population has increased exponentially.

Attacking the hustler movement and their way of empowerment, he said, “Ati unasaidia wakina mama, makanisa na vijana na wheelbarrows. Wheelbarrownomics will not solve Kenyan problems. You must address these issues properly.”

Raila’s dream for top seat has been boosted by this endorsement from Mt Kenya leaders. Among the leaders present were Peter Kenneth, Maina Kamanda and Esther Passaris.