Former Presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot on Tuesday advised President Uhuru Kenyatta not to dialogue with Opposition Leaders.
In an article published by the Star, Dr Aukot noted that dialoguing with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will make President Kenyatta a weak leader.
"The NASA leader has no basis on which to dialogue. On what basis does he want to dialogue with the President? If Uhuru accepts dialogue with Raila or any presidential candidate, he will weaken himself. He will be an extremely weak leader.
"Engaging in dialogue that isolates, fixed on an individual who thinks he is important, will weaken the Jubilee government," Aukot stated.
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He further noted that Mr Odinga is not any special to demand for dialogue adding that if any engagements were to be held they should involve all the ex-presidential candidates.
"Why should Uhuru dialogue with NASA leader Raila Odinga and not Ekuru Aukot or Abduba Dida or Prof Michael Wainaina? What is so special with Raila that Uhuru must dialogue with him?
"The guy abandoned the presidential rerun. We need to remove some people's nonsense of entitlement. If Uhuru wants dialogue that can redefine Kenya's political state, let him call on all his worthy competitors, inviting them to discuss how to make Kenya better," he explained.
In regards to the formation of the new cabinet, Dr Aukot advised the Head of State to consider ethical and regional balance in his appointments.
The former Presidential candidate stated that the Executive should be a symbol of national unity and bring the country together.
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"We have a maximum 22 Cabinet slots. If I were Uhuru, I would pick the 22 CSs from the 22 tribes of Kenya. I would pick the next 22 PSs and another 22 from different tribes.
"If Uhuru does that, he will shut up anybody who says his government is not all-inclusive. He should leave the county governments to run their affairs in their tribal way because there is nothing he can change," Aukot submitted.
