The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on Monday castigated President Uhuru Kenyatta over his attack on Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and his Turkana counterpart Josphat Nanok.
Through a statement issued by Chairman John Mbadi, the party criticised Kenyatta citing some of the circumstances they claimed he had used foul language against Opposition leaders in public.
Mbadi particularly pointed at recent outbursts pitting the Head of State against Nanok during a tour of Turkana and his Monday rant directed at Governor Joho.
“The ODM Party rejects and will not allow any further unwarranted treatment our leaders are being subjected to by the Jubilee regime. It is hypocritical for the President to keep telling leaders to stop insults, yet, when cornered, he resorts to the use of unpalatable and unprintable words like “mjinga (fool)”, “mshenzi (stupid)” “shetani (devil)” in Turkana, “ananifuatafuata kwani mimi ni bibi yake (he is following me like I am his wife)” in Mombasa today, muguruki (mad man) in Nyeri a month ago among others,” he stated.
The party has therefore, demanded that:
1. The President should declare his interest in Mombasa and Turkana Counties. He must "tell us why he is hell bent to frustrate and sabotage the Governors of these two Counties and why he is sending anonymous people to trail their movements”.
2. Kenyatta must stop making utterances that are inflammatory, derogatory, unpresidential and utterly contemptuous of other leaders.
3. He must appreciate that the constitution fundamentally changed the political architecture of the country and that the era of imperial and authoritarian presidency was buried deep and forgotten when Kenyans chose a new constitutional dispensation.
4. The Jubilee administration must stop frustrating, harassing and intimidating Governors, especially those who have out-rightly rejected their overtures and goodies to hoodwink them on their side.
5. The Head of State must at all times uphold the integrity of the Presidency and respect the two levels of government as provided for in the constitution and never act in anger.
The President has in the past week been criticising the Opposition leaders accusing them of "spreading lies and propaganda" aimed at tainting the government's development record.
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