Jubilee party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni cautioned President William Ruto against negative criticism of the United States during his 4-day state visit to China.
Kioni, who spoke during a presser on Thursday afternoon, said Ruto's criticism of President Donald Trump's administration could pose serious repercussions for Kenya.
He also warned the Head of State against castigating the multilateral lenders, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), terming it ironical since a Kenyan delegation led by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi was in America to meet the Fund officials.
"He needs to be very coherent with the foreign policy, do not go to China and begin criticising the Americans, yet there is a Kenyan delegation in the US," Kioni warned.
"CS John Mbadi is meeting with the IMF officials on the other end, while President Ruto is in a meeting with the Chinese on this end, and yet Ruto is castigating the IMF," he added.
While hitting out at the President, the Jubilee party principal noted that Ruto's sentiments against the US and IMF tainted Kenya's international reputation.
Kioni's sentiments come on the backdrop of Ruto's controversial sentiments yesterday in which he slammed Trump's government for allegedly taking sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
While delivering a lecture at Peking University in Beijing, the Head of State noted that the US's decision to take sides in the war conflicted with the United Nations Security Council's resolutions.
During his tour of the Asian nation, President Ruto criticised the governance structures of the IMF and the World Bank, claiming that the current setup only favoured wealthy countries.
According to Ruto, while the two lenders play a key role in financing developing countries, particularly those in Africa, their ownership and power remain concentrated among rich nations.
“There are many reforms required in these institutions, but I believe that the most consequential is governance changes that will transform them into independent, apolitical global institutions, insulated from the national interests of their shareholders,” Ruto stated.
“Both the World Bank and the IMF have evolved into development finance institutions, but the ownership and power remain with the wealthy countries that they no longer serve. The interests of the shareholders, stakeholders, and beneficiaries are at great variance,” he added.
