MURATHE SUPPORTS TANGANGA

Jubilee Party vice chairman David Murathe has dramatically made a u-turn President Uhuru Kenyatta’s suggestion on the issue of rotational presidency that ruled out a Kikuyu or Kilenjin president come 2022.

Speaking to KTN News on Wednesday night, January 13, Murathe sharply differed with the president saying that nothing will stop a Kikuyu or a Kalenjin from running for presidency in the next General Election.

The Jubilee Vice-chairman, who is also a confidant of President Uhuru, insisted everyone has a democratic right to vie for any position regardless of their community.

“The president did not say he is interfering with anyone’s democratic right to run for leadership. Nothing will stop Kikuyu or a Kalenjin from running in 2022,” Murathe said.

The former Gatanga MP argued Uhuru’s suggestion was meant to assure other communities that they had a chance to sit at the high table.

“His was an expression of a narrative that part of bringing the country together should also take into an account the need for other communities that they have an equal chance of ascending to the top leadership of this country,” he said.

Murathe insisted the Building Bridges Initiative would mitigate the issue of big communities dominating power and bring about the sense of inclusion.

“If you devolve more funds to the ground for instance and people stop competing for the top level then more responsibility goes to the ground,” he contended.

The chief chef in Uhuru’s kitchen Cabinet maintained the head of state was not angry when he made his remarks but was concerned about the narrative of classicism in Kenya.

Murathe’s change of tune comes barely four days after he defended Uhuru’s remarks stating that the Head of State had finally vindicated what he has been advocating for.

The Jubilee vice chairman said that Kenya cannot be taken as a ping pong game between two communities and that it was time for other communities as well.

“I have been saying these things but you people have not been taking me seriously. The leadership of this country cannot be a ping-pong game between two communities. What will become of the others,” Murathe asked?

President Uhuru had while speaking at the burial service of Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi’s mother, lashed out at some Tanga Tanga leaders who were propagating the hustler versus dynasty narrative.

“I heard some leaders talking somewhere in Msambweni that they are tired of certain families…some of the seats they hold currently are because of my votes. Let’s respect each other because a country where people do not respect each other cannot stand.

“If there’s any truth from those who spoke and that you are tired of certain families and now you are saying it’s time for others…then if that is your logic, I can also stand here and say…there are only two communities that have ruled Kenya since independence…maybe it’s time for another community to lead…isn’t that so?” Uhuru posed amid cheers by mourners.

Source: Kenya Today.