United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has urged the of Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) Nordin Haji to be fair and just as investigations commence on the utterances made by Meru senator Mithika Linturi.
In a statement, Secretary-General Veronica Maina requested the DPP to contemplate the context within which those words were used to avoid interpretation of this term in isolation.
“We call upon the DPP to consider the context within which those words were used to avoid interpretation of this term in isolation of the intervening contextual stakeholders including our member and all other politicians across the political divide must exercise caution while engaging citizens in a public space,” she stated.
The party apologised to Kenyans over the utterances made by Linturi, distancing itself from any interpretation of the remarks that link them to the exclusion, or any form of negativity.
“Nevertheless, the way the term “Madoadoa” was deployed or the figurative and objective political intention thereof, the UDA Party is concerned that potent and emergent misinterpretation of the same might evoke negativity particularly given the electoral violence of yesterday, and therefore regrets and apologizes for the turn of the event following those political remarks by Hon Linturi,” she said.
Maina also raised concerns that other leaders across the political divide have previously used the word as a figurative description yet they were not misinterpreted like Linturi.
She further called on the law enforcement agencies to exercise similar vigilance and bring book other well-known political disparaging terms ‘madoadoa’ and other disparaging words to mobilize support for political causes.
“In this regard the party will be furnishing the DPP with particulars of these political actors and specificities of the statement,” she said.
Deputy President William Ruto affirmed that his party will not tolerate inciteful statements, further stating that Linturi has already apologised for his utterances.
Speaking today at a rally in Bomet Green Stadium, has now urged his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) members to be mindful of their language while addressing the public.
“We want to say, going forward and to members of my team, the hustler nation, that all of us must mind our language, all of us must be careful about what they say so that we can unite this nation and that is what the Hustler Nation believes in,” he said.
Linturi is currently at a Nakuru court awaiting the court’s judgement.
