Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on Wednesday, April 26, castigated former President Uhuru Kenyatta for personally visiting Jubilee Party Headquarters.
The CS remarked that the action of his former boss, aimed at preventing Jubilee Party from joining Kenya Kwanza, was beneath the stature of a former President.
He further revealed that Uhuru's action prevented police officers from carrying out their mandate in dispersing rowdy crowds at the headquarters.
“It is bad to see a former President who, after having served two full terms, reduce his stature by fighting over a shell of a party that presided over misrule, wanton looting of public coffers and extrajudicial killings during the infamous rogue handshake regime,” the CS noted.
Duale, therefore, advised Uhuru to take a back seat and let parliamentarians decide the future of the party.
“The once behemoth of the party with a near super-majority of 174 lawmakers is now having a paltry number who have since shifted their allegiance.
“Uhuru should cease muddying his image by trying to resuscitate a dead party and leave the tussle to elected MPs,” he advised the President.
Furthermore, the CS regretted that the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces was preventing police officers from carrying out their mandate.
“It is appalling the depths the former President has fallen to the extent he rudely castigates police officers on official duty protecting life and property.
“Uhuru is scoffing at police officers while pretending to be imploring them to keep peace,” Duale remarked adding that Uhuru allegedly sponsored protests by the opposition.
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichungw’ah, on the other hand, warned residents of Kileleshwa where the Jubilee Party is headquartered to brace for more chaos noting that the party's leadership did not care about the neighbourhood.
“The former President does not care if there is chaos in the area, he is only interested in protecting one family,” Ichungw’ah stated.
Uhuru, who is Jubilee’s party leader, visited the offices after a scuffle ensued between embattled Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni and East African Legislative Assembly MP Kanini Kega.
Calling for peace, he remarked that those who were not happy with Jubilee being in the opposition should leave.
"I was called by SG Kioni and he informed me of what's happening. I said I have to come to stand in solidarity with him and party members to protect our party.
“Those who are not happy have the freedom to switch their political allegiance,” he addressed the rebels.
