On Saturday, September 5, Environment CS Keriako Tobiko came under heavy criticism over his recent remarks regarding Deputy President William Ruto.
Referring to country's second in command as a mere clerk did not go down well with DP Ruto's allies.
Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen asserted that he thought the CS had nothing to offer politically.
"Tobiko you contributed nothing to UhuRuto. In both Ilpolosat & Mashuri polling stations, NASA won. Your MCAs both in Imaroro & Kaputiei Wards are NASA. No one knows you in your village which you only visit for funerals. In Embobut, Uhuru won all votes, you can’t defend him better than me," the Senator remarked.
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro also came out with a statement directed at President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"Seems they are meeting in the cabinet to decide who throws which insult to the DP. Sheer stupidity. Mr President, if you don't crack the whip, Kenyans will eject these arrogant quacks from office, and I mean it," Nyoro's statement reads in part.
On September 4, CS Tobiko threatened to order the eviction of Murkomen and his father to from Embombut forest which he claims they have illegally occupied.
He then went on to state that DP Ruto was a clerk to the president, who had an obligation to be respectful.
During his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions, Tobiko ordered investigations into all individuals implicated in the procuring of “false witnesses” in the ICC case against DP William Ruto.
He ordered “speedy and thorough” investigations on Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, who made the allegations, and several other leaders including the leader of the defunct Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) Raila Odinga, Narc-Kenya’s Martha Karua and Kisumu Senator Anyang’ Nyong’o.
