President Ruto: We will not appoint any member of the opposition to Gov't
President William Ruto has reiterated his
past sentiments of working with his political rivals in the Raila Odinga-led
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party, saying he will not incorporate any member
of the opposition in his administration.
The Head
of State underlined that his Kenya Kwanza fold had taken control of both
Houses, the National Assembly and the Senate, and is now focused on delivering their
mandate to Kenyans.
This, he
said, will only be achieved by ensuring there is a stark difference between the
government and the opposition, which will hence be tasked with keeping the
administration of the day on its toes for accountability purposes.
“We have
accepted that we are not going to appoint any member of the opposition into
government because we want a vibrant opposition. We want an opposition that
will keep the government in check because we have nothing to hide and we want
to run an accountable government,” he said.
Ruto, who
spoke as he opened the Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group retreat in Naivasha on
Friday, also stated: “We appreciate their role, we wish them well and we will
play our role as effective as we can. Let us take the responsibility put on our
shoulders by the people of Kenya seriously.”
The
Commander-in-Chief consequently shrugged off Azimio’s claims that they have
majority members in the Parliament as he cited Kenya Kwanza’s recent victory in
the race for speaker of both Houses.
Ford
Kenya party leader Moses Wetangula, who was fronted by Kenya Kwanza, beat
Azimio’s candidate Kenneth Marende to clinch the National Assembly Speaker’s
seat.
In the
Senate, former Kilifi Governor and PAA leader Amason Kingi was declared the new
Speaker after Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka stepped down at the last minute.
According
to President Ruto, these wins mean Kenya Kwanza has more numbers, hence exuding
confidence that his faction will clinch the majority leader seats in both
Houses as the showdown looms.
“I have
heard them try to say they have some numbers, if you cannot even raise a
candidate for the Speaker of the Senate what numbers do you really have? Let’s
be honest with ourselves, there is no need to bring contest where there is
none,” said President Ruto.
“We are
going to have the leadership of the House discussion tomorrow (Saturday), we
are going to (deliberate) on who will be the leader of the majority in the
National Assembly and Senate.”
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