Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has urged Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to embrace President William Ruto's calls for national dialogue to address concerns raised by Kenyans amidst the anti-government demonstrations.

Speaking on Citizen TV's ‘JKLive’ show on Wednesday night, Kuria remarked that Kalonzo has a history of frequently changing his political stance, further emphasizing that the former Vice President needs to take a firm position and fully commit to the proposed talks.

Kuria added that he would personally seek out Kalonzo and Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa on Thursday in a bid to convince them join the national dialogue bandwagon.

“Tomorrow I will place a call to my good friend Eugene Wamalwa and Kalonzo Musyoka; particularly Kalonzo. He is such a senior leader in this country for him to say I don’t want dialogue; why?” Kuria posed.

“This guy he is normally in Rock City in Ukambani with people from his community dialoguing. He is always on Maanzoni dialoguing. I want to call him and tell him not to lose this moment. That is a big problem with my friend Kalonzo. He goes one way and then the other. Can’t we just be principled because you are convinced. Don’t keep on doing calculations. Be a man for once; come and do it because you are convinced.” 

Kuria’s sentiments came after Wiper, in a statement to newsrooms on Wednesday, took issue with President Ruto’s calls to engage the youth saying the current regime is ignorant of the message by Gen Zs which is ‘action now.’

The opposition-affiliated party thus appealed to President Ruto to swiftly address concerns raised by Kenyan youth during the recent protests rather than pushing to have a meeting with their so-called representatives.

“In terms of the Gen Z revolution, it appears that Ruto lacks an understanding of public sentiment. Generation Z does not wish to engage in dialogue. They want action, and Wiper agrees,” said the party in the statement after a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

The party said the challenges presently plaguing the country are beyond dialogue, and require only implementation.

It also cited the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) formed last year to address issues surrounding Finance Bill 2023, underscoring that despite the committee recommending certain findings, the whole process was inconsequential to the needs of Kenyans at the time.

In the same way, Wiper said the solution would be to implement the needs of Gen Zs to the latter, among them posting of medical interns, dissolving Parliament, and sacking corrupt government officials.

“The current situation in Kenya could have been avoided if the regime had addressed rising living costs and implemented the National Dialogue Committee findings. You don't need dialogue. Dialogue is not required to assess public debt because the Auditor General's Office has the same role,” the statement noted.

“The attempt to usurp the Constitution by forming a task force on the subject is equally telling. You do not need dialogue to post medical interns or to sack corrupt government officials.”