Murkomen responds after uproar over his 'Rwanda is an autocracy' remarks

This he said during an interview on Citizen TV's Monday night show where he stated that Kenya's transport system cannot be compared with Rwanda's which has been streamlined to operate fully under the guidelines of their laws.

Murkomen argued that Rwanda adopts whatever their president, Paul Kagame, says as compared to Kenya where policies go through a few scrutiny stages before approval.

"Rwanda is not like Kenya. We must live with certain expectations as a country that comes with democracy. Rwanda is an autocracy and there whatever the president says is the law," said Murkomen.

"Here every decision you make in this country you must go through a proposal then Parliament then public participation."

His sentiments seemed to irk Kenyans as city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi lectured Murkomen for ignoring diplomatic etiquette and sharing such sentiments over Rwanda, a nation that shares firm relations with Kenya.

He even urged Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei to organise a workshop for government officials to help them learn the principle of upholding camraderie between nations.

"CS Murkomen can't attack a sovereign friendly state without provocation and disparage President Paul Kagame just like that. This is embarrassing," wrote Ahmednasir on X.

"CSs must be taken through a crash course, teaching them the responsibilities that come with their new constitutional offices! Very soon, Kenya will be a pariah state in the hood!"

In a rebuttal on Tuesday, CS Murkomen clarified that he endorses the leadership style in Rwanda which he says has aided them in advancing development in their country.

"My friend Ahmednasir I have expressed my admiration for Rwanda’s style of leadership which has made it possible for them to build good infrastructure including a new airport and enforce discipline & order on their roads. It’s not just Rwanda, countries like UAE, Morocco, Saudi Arabia among others have a style of leadership that has delivered great success to their people because their leaders have the power to make firm decisions," said Murkomen. 

In his view, Kenya has a different leadership model "with many positives" adding that it is "too bureaucratic" and takes eons to implement policies that ultimately affect the nation and its citizens.

Murkomen told the lawyer to stop defending Rwanda and instead advocate for change in his country.

"Help us deal with for example court orders that award a contractor 10B for claims and interests for a contract worth 2B or a a road that stalls for 10yrs because a competing bidder is still waiting a decision of the court," said Murkomen.

"Cry not for Rwanda, they are doing well. Cry for your country."