Former president Uhuru Kenyatta ought to be careful with his public pronouncements, Belgut Member of Parliament (MP) Nelson Koech has opined.
He was flagging statements made by Mr. Kenyatta during a Sunday service in Mwingi, Kitui County, where he censured President William Ruto for blaming him for his government’s failure and poor economy.
“I do not want to say much… not because I fear…I stopped fearing. We have been threatened, told a lot of things. Every time someone fails, they say ‘Oh! Previous government,” Uhuru told congregants.
“Tomorrow when women fail to give birth they will say ‘You know Uhuru did it’. I don’t know, but I am used to it.”
Speaking on Citizen TV’s daybreak show on Monday, Koech accused Uhuru of single-handedly plunging the nation into the current economic crisis, telling him to avoid deflecting any blame made against him by Ruto’s government.
“For Uhuru to come out boldly yesterday and say ‘don’t blame me’ then he needs to be very careful on the statements that he makes, we are hurting because of him, he is the president we will want to forget,” said Koech.
“Let him go and sit where he is and should not come out and remind Kenyans of who he was and people are clapping when Kenyatta is telling them that yet he is the one who singularly masterminded the failure of this country.”
The legislator went on to add that Uhuru should steer clear from engaging in politics and pursue other causes in his retirement.
This comes as the newest political rubble leaders have engaged in as the Kenya Kwanza has multiple times blamed the former government for their current mishaps.
Ruto and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua have on a few occasions remarked that the existing challenges Kenyans are facing have been abetted by the failures of Uhuru’s regime.
Other leaders have also shifted blame to the previous government including Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen who on November 14, when heavy rains caused leakage on the roofs of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), said that the derelict state of the international airport is due to the poor workmanship during Uhuru’s tenure.
