Mbeere North Constituency Member of Parliament Geoffrey Ruku Kiringa has revealed plans by the government to weaken the opposition.
Speaking during an interview with TV47 on Tuesday, November 22, the Kenya Kwanza-allied MP stated that the ruling coalition has been on a journey to disorganize Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party.
“The agenda of our ruling party is to disorganize opposition as much as possible and to make them continue fighting," he stated.
According to the first-time lawmaker who was elected on a Democratic Party ticket, there was nothing wrong in trying to woo parties within Azimio into joining the government.
Ruku noted that the government will be able to meet its targets of serving Kenyans and ruling the country peacefully if they manage to woo opposition parties.
The MP added that the party's move to support some members to contest for East Africa Legislative Assembly(EALA) was a sign that it was possible to capture the Jubilee party.
“You saw from last week when we as Kenya Kwanza supported some members to go to EALA. This is a sign that we are in a position to get Jubilee to our side,” he added.
Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua had earlier stated that he had called on lawmakers from Mt Kenya to vote for former Kieni MP Kanini Kega in the EALA elections.
Speaking on Friday, November 18, while addressing mourners in Tharaka Nithi County, the DP disclosed that he supported Kega despite their political indifferences to prove that he had forgiven his opponents.
As the ruling party, Ruku noted that it is the mandate for them to give the opposition problems so that they can continue fighting amongst themselves.
By doing so, the opposition would remain busy checking how the government operates.
While attending a church service at Karatina Catholic Church on Sunday, November 20, the DP announced that Kenya Kwanza was in the process of having every member of Azimio from the Mt. Kenya region join the ruling party by December 31.
He explained that some of the leaders had approached him with President William Ruto and confessed to having been coerced to join Azimio.
