Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria on Tuesday sent a warning to Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko for what he termed as interference with civil servants.
Kuria noted that anyone who touches on civil servants questions the authority of the appointing authority, who is President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The legislator stated: "I want to plead with Sonko who is one of my greatest friends and for whom I vigorously campaigned, despite there being Kikuyu candidates running against him that he needs to leave civil servants out of politics."
He further added: "Let him deal with politicians because, for me, civil service is a no-go zone."
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Kuria's remarks came after Sonko accused Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho of holding night meetings to plot against Deputy President William Ruto's 2022 presidential bid.
"Anybody claiming there are meetings is misguided. I want to caution Sonko that before he makes such claims in public, he first needs to exploit the Jubilee party's internal dispute resolution mechanisms," the legislator remarked.
"He may be trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. I want to plead with him, let him first raise his concerns within the party hierarchy before making them public," the MP added.
During a radio interview on Monday, Governor Sonko alleged that Kibicho had ganged up with some three unnamed senior civil servants against Ruto's Presidential bid in 2022.
Sonko further claimed that four top officials in President Kenyatta's administration had alleged that the Kikuyu community will not support Ruto at the 2022 General Election.
[caption caption="Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho"]
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The Nairobi County boss, however, did not disclose how he had come to know of the scheme.
