NARC-Kenya leader Martha Karua on Tuesday, October 13, asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to avoid using state power to oppress leaders that did not agree with him.
Speaking during a morning interview on Citizen TV, Karua stated that the president had to ensure equal benefit and protection of the law for each and every Kenyan.
"This is a wake up call. Rise up to your duties, adhere to your oath of office...You are the president of Kenya, not of a faction, not of friends and you must not let chaos and anarchy under your watch in the guise of facilitating one side of the political divide to gain advantage," Karua stated.
Karua was referring to an order by National Security Advisory Committee which declared that all political meetings would be held in strict compliance to Section 5 of the Public Order Act, cap. 56.
Since the order, several of Deputy President William Ruto's events have so far been cancelled.
However, during the weekend a number of functions including; ODM leader Raila Odinga's in Bondo, Interior CS Fred Matiang'i in Nyamira and Gideon Moi's in Eastern Mau, went on as planned.
"We can see what is happening in Tanzania where the electoral commission is stopping the campaigns of the opposition to give advantage to the ruling party.
"If this is the playbook that is beginning here, we as Kenyans will resist," Karua declared.
In addition, Karua advised the president to resign for another election to be held, if at all he and his deputy could not work together.
"My question to the President is; What precedent are you setting of how a President should treat a deputy or how Governors should treat their deputies? Karua posed.
She warned the president against applying the rule of law in a skewed manner.
"It is not enough to hold National Prayers or ask for forgiveness when they are deliberately causing strife under the guise of building bridges while breaking existing bridges," she stated.
