Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has revealed that he will not accompany President William Ruto on his upcoming Mount Kenya region development tour.
Speaking after meeting Kikuyu elders on Saturday, Muturi noted that accompanying the occupant of the Presidency was not part of his duties unless his ministry was central to the visit.
According to the embattled CS, even during President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime, he did not accompany him everywhere.
"I just don't follow the President. Even when Uhuru was President, it was never my practice or habit to follow him where he went because you know, as a President he has his schedule of work and I also have my schedule of work when I was a speaker and even now," he stated.
"So unless it is something that touches the ministry that I am in, I have no business trooping around to follow the President."
CS Muturi, who has in recent months been battling the government over forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, previously stated that he will not be resigning from his position despite missing over three cabinet meetings since January.
While speaking on Saturday, he reiterated his call to the government to consider the matter seriously, this time calling for a committee or tribunal to put an end to the vice.
"Nobody I mentioned in my statement is denying or even recording a statement challenging the veracity of what I have stated and that is why I think a commission of inquiry would be the best thing because then we will be able to test who is telling the truth and who is not," he opined.
During a tell-all interview with Citizen TV on March 12, Muturi made it clear that he would not be leaving his seat on hos own accord but was ready to get fired if it got to that.
"Staying or not staying in cabinet is the prerogative of the appointing authority, so I don't know how long I am likely to last in cabinet. That is entirely the prerogative of the president, so I have no illusions of how long I could stay," Muturi noted.
"When I took up this job, I was well aware of those provisions of the constitution, so I am alive to that, so whatever happens is purely on the basis of what the President desires."
Muturi also noted at the interview that he had sought permission to be excluded from the cabinet meetings until an agenda was tabled to the cabinet to debate the issue of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
On January 12, Muturi opened a can of worms when he name-dropped senior government officials who were reportedly involved in the abduction of his son, Leslie, during the June Gen-Z protests.
Since then, he has repeatedly called for action on the same, often ruffling feathers in the government he serves in.
