Saboti Member of Parliament Caleb Amisi has urged former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to pull out of the broad-based government with President William Ruto, noting that Kenya needs a renaissance.
In a heartfelt post on Friday, July 11, Amisi stated that for Raila’s recent call for a national conclave to work, it should be led by statesmen, adding that Ruto was not one.
He called upon the former PM, who also serves as his party leader in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), to direct leaders allied to him who joined the government to withdraw from the political arrangement and assist in removing Ruto from power.
“Dear Baba, Raila Odinga, my party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), you know my respect for you is unmatched, and it is premised on the reasons that you have a history of fighting for a lot that Kenya enjoys today,” Amisi stated.
“The best way to hold intergenerational dialogue is to remove the remaining, adamant, excited ODM brigade from the government and join us to remove Kasongo,” he added.
Amisi argued that Ruto had done more harm beyond recognition, adding that he and his cronies were tone-deaf to the extent of the damage they had caused to the nation.
In his call for Raila to ditch the broad-based government, Amisi noted that the ODM party leader did not owe anybody anything, adding that such a move would firmly etch his place in the annals of Kenya’s political history.
“You owe nobody anything, and Kenyans have your history, but this shall be the best legacy in your history book,” he argued.
Further, he brought up Raila’s previous ‘political agreements’ with former Presidents but asserted that the current agreement with Ruto would be the last straw and could potentially have a huge negative impact on the nation’s stability.
Back in May, Ruto and Raila signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would see Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance and Raila’s Orange Democratic Movement work together.
In the agreement, the two parties listed a ten-point agenda aimed at addressing issues such as the high cost of living, graft, unemployment, the nation’s high debt, the right to peaceful assembly, upholding of the Constitution, and wastage of resources.
However, the agreement has since faced immense criticism, with cracks emerging within Raila’s ODM over the party’s close affiliation with the Kenya Kwanza government.
