Senator Onyonka says Ruto should own up to mistakes by Uhuru regime

Speaking on Citizen TV Monday, the senator faulted the Kenya Kwanza government for criticizing Uhuru over poor governance during his tenure, yet Ruto was the deputy president then.

“They never talk about how the former Deputy President who is now the President, William Ruto, was with Uhuru Kenyatta. The first five years they were together, so any of the mistakes that Uhuru was making William Ruto must own up,” Onyanka said.

Onyonka further criticized Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over constantly blaming Uhuru, saying he should be mindful of his words on public forums. 

“But at some point, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua must know, and we have said this, his words mean a lot because he is not an ordinary Kenyan in the street, right now Kenyans are just fed up with his noise, the noise of you people have been creating the mess in this country,” he added.

Onyonka also claimed that Ruto is continuing to make mistakes in his administration by appointing underqualified people in critical government positions.

“If we get the list of the people the president has appointed to the critical positions, it’s dumbfounding even president Moi never did what has been done by KK government, an example in the Kenya Airports Authority, look at the list of people who have been appointed to that list they know nothing about aviation,” he said.

The senator further opined that the opposition is not interested in the ‘Nusu Mkate’ power-sharing deal, further asserting that the opposition’s only critical role is to put the current administration into account.

He urged Kenya Kwanza legislators to stop what he described as ‘noise’ of accusing the opposition of wanting a share in government.