Elgeyo Marakwet Senator and Deputy President William Ruto's right hand man, Kipchumba Murkomen, has called out President Uhuru Kenyatta for allegedly disrespecting State House after holding a meeting with young people at the facility on Friday, February 11.
The Senator on Saturday, February 12, accused the President of embarrassing State House after the young people he invited for a meeting chimed chants against Deputy President William Ruto.
Speaking in Navokholo, Kakamega County, Murkomen accused the President of clapping while the youth at State House chanted anti-Ruto slogans.
"For the first time in Kenya since we gained independence, yesterday was the first time I saw the President of Kenya leading a choir, and it was an unusual choir."
"I saw the President clapping... we were with this President. In 2013, he never sang everything is possible without Ruto... did he just realize that now?" Senator Murkomen posed.
The Senator noted that the late President Daniel Moi campaigned for Uhuru but did not at any given time chide his opponents.
"I want to tell the President that he embarrassed himself and he also embarrassed State House. We are telling the President to respect the institution of the State House. If you want to hold meetings with hecklers, we should meet at Kamukunji or Embakasi," he added.
The Senator also opined that the people President Uhuru was hosting at State House on Friday were not a representation of the youth in the country.
"He should come here to Navokholo and hold meetings with young people and give them letters that will get them employed instead of taking brokers from Sagana and bringing them to Nairobi and Mombasa," the Senator stated.
"We need an opportunity where the money for insulting people is distributed across the country."
His comments came a day after the President met with more than 3,000 young people at State House, Nairobi where he disclosed that Jubilee Party would join Azimio La Umoja in a coalition pact.
Uhuru stated that the candidate at Azimio La Umoja (Raila Odinga) will be his preferred successor, while dismissing his former ally Deputy President William Ruto.
