President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee led party have come out guns blazing warning Deputy President William Ruto against plans of investigating his boss once he is elected in the forthcoming elections.
Led by Jubilee secretary general Jeremiah Kioni making such proposals could destabilise the country while at the same time describing the proposal as a clear statement of intention to overthrow the current Constitution.
“His statement is a clear indication of how dangerous a Ruto government could be for this country. Given they have been talking about witch-hunt that is now a clear case of witch-hunt that has been provided for in the manifesto,” said Kioni.
According to Kioni, Ruto’s plan for numerous taskforces, tribunals and inquiries sounds like going back to the Kanu regime, which was setting up commissions on every conceivable thing.
“We have gone beyond that, and we have institutions that are working. If you get to State House you should only require the institutions to do what is expected of them,” said Kioni.
Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to form a judicial team to investigate actions and policies of President Uhuru Kenyatta if he wins the August 9 election.
Ruto has also made it clear that they will reverse a number of Kenyatta’s policies if elected while at the same time indicating that they will not fear going after the President once he leaves office.
During his manifesto launch, the Kenya Kwanza presidential hopeful said if his bandwagon wins the election come next month, they will form an inquiry into state capture and a tribunal on enforced disappearances and violation of human rights.
On the same breath, the DP also vowed to create eight tribunals, taskforces and review panels to reverse his boss policies.
The former Eldoret North Member of Parliament (MP) promised to establish within 30 days, a quasi-judicial public inquiry to establish the extent of state capture in the nation and make recommendations immediately.
“The question is why we have stayed on this path, why the government did not heed its own clarion call to restructure the economy, why we would choose to manufacture guns rather than garments. The answer is convergence of political and economic power,” the Kenya Kwanza manifesto states.
Ruto is also proposing up to eight tribunals, taskforces and review panels that will aim at reversing some of President Kenyatta’s legacy.