Kalonzo Musyoka on July 10, 1990, interrupted to discuss Kenneth Matiba and his quest for multiparty democracy.
Matiba alongside Charles Rubia had asked Kenyans to assemble at Kamukunji grounds on July 7, 1990, for a national meeting which the government refused to permit.
The late Matiba and Rubia had been arrested and detained without trial for demanding the return of political pluralism in Kenya.
"We all know that we have an executive presidency and some of these demonstrators have been trying to question that very authority and indeed the security of this country is per se of national importance,” he added.
[caption caption="Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka"]
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Musyoka defended then President Daniel Moi's call to put off multiparty democracy arguing it was not the opportune time for Kenya.
“I would like to declare right from the outset that we are all witnesses to one fact today and that is the wisdom of His Excellency the President, that great son of Africa who has been proved right by recent happenings in our city and in the country as a whole," Kalonzo stated.
He further criticized diplomats who had chosen to go against the very tenets of what is known as diplomacy, threatening that they could declare one persona non grata.
Musyoka also congratulated the government for detaining the two and asked the government of the day to produce them before the courts and be tried for criminal incitement of Kenyans.
Speaking when he visited Matiba family at their home in Limuru, Musyoka eulogized him as the president of Kenya that never was.
[caption caption="The late Kenneth Matiba"]
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The NASA Co-Principal maintained that the multi-party democracy crusader would forever remain in the hearts of Kenyans who overwhelmingly voted for him during his stab at the top seat.
