A group of Muslim clerics in Mombasa is now urging President Ruto to dismiss Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, arguing that his exclusion from recent Cabinet dismissals was unjust.
Sheikh Juma Ngao, chairman of the Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council, expressed discontent on Monday, also advocating for the reinstatement of Attorney General Justin Muturi, whom they believe was unfairly sacked. Mudavadi, who not only serves as the Prime CS but also oversees the Foreign Affairs docket, remains a focal point of their criticism amid ongoing political discussions.
“President Ruto dissolved his Cabinet, which is what Kenyans wanted. But he spared the Foreign Affairs CS. Why? It is unfair to the others,” Ngao said on Monday during a press briefing in Mombasa.
The vocal cleric said after sacking the CSs, President Ruto should now go a step and have some of them arrested, charged and jailed for their shoddy job at the expense of taxpayers’ money.
“Former CSs Kithure Kindiki, Mithika Linturi, Aden Duale and former Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome must now be charged for what they did to Kenyans,” Ngao said.
Kindiki should be arrested and charged for abduction and killing of protestors while Duale should be arrested and charged for deploying soldiers in the streets for work that should be done by the Kenya Police Service.
He said the army can only be involved when there is a state of emergency declared in the country or a coup.
“There was neither. Why did he order the army out of the barracks and into the Kenyan streets? This is not a police state,” Sheikh Ngao said.
Linturi, he noted, should be arrested and charged for the fake fertiliser that found its way into poor farmers’ farms.
“He must tell Kenyans where the fake fertiliser came from and why hard working Kenyans were duped into buying it,” the cleric said.
Former IG Koome must be arrested and charged for allowing police to kill innocent Kenyans protestors, Ngao said.
“We know police officers act on orders. When they fire live bullets on innocent and brave Kenyans, they are acting on someone’s orders.
“Now, that someone is Koome and he must take responsibility for at least 41 lost lives. We are issuing a 72-hour ultimatum for all the police officer s who killed protestors to be arrested and charged,” Sheikh Ngao said.
He warned that any attempt to return any of the sacked Cabinet members would not auger well with the Gen Z, who have made their dissatisfaction with the government clear.
The next Cabinet, Kemnac said, should have at least five Muslims, up from two in the dissolved one.
“Muslims are everywhere in Kenya and from all tribes. We don’t care where the Muslims will come from. There are Muslim Kalenjins, Muslim Luos, Muslim Kikuyus, Muslim Kambas, and they are spread across the country. Pick any from anywhere as long as they are Muslim,” Sheikh Ngao said.
He said if the President wants, Kemnac is ready to offer their advice on such matters.
Kemnac vice chairman Abubakar Amin said a lifestyle audit of all the sacked CSs must be conducted to reveal whether there is harmony between their lifestyles and their salaries.
This, Amin said, will reveal whether the CSs were earning their wealth legally or illegally.
“An audit of their bank accounts must be conducted before and after they were appointed CSs to see whether there is anything fishy about them,” he said.
“They should not be allowed to travel out of the country.”
However, the Muslim advisory council warned Gen Z to protest peacefully as any violence could lead the country into a dangerous path.
Sheikh Ngao and Amin said countries have lost their peace through such protests in the past and Kenyan youth should not allow the country to go down that path.
“In as much as you want the President to give in to your demands, don’t allow the protests to take a violent turn. It could lead the country astray. We have seen what Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, DRC, Libya and other countries are today – just shells because of war which started as protests,” the Kemnac chairman said.
