Friends Warned Me Against Kenya Kwanza: CS Muturi Calls Out Ruto's Government
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has sparked controversy after issuing a presser hard-hitting to the government he serves in.
On Sunday, January 11, Muturi publicly took issue with the government's conduct as regards abductions and other extra-judicial acts perpetrated against the civilians.
Muturi implied that Ruto's government had reneged on lots of the promises he made to Kenyans while on the campaign trail.
For instance, he referenced Ruto's promise of never entertaining abductions, as had been the case with the regime under former president Uhuru Kenyatta.
With the forgoing, the CS seemed to regret his association with Ruto and even cited being forewarned against joining the president's camp.
"Many friends and political colleagues at the time warned me against joining the coalition, but at a personal level, I was persuaded that it would be driven by the ideals and the values that the coalition stated, as a hustler nation, to do the best for the people of Kenya. One of the things we had accused the past regimes of was the existence of disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Kenyans, and we vowed that we would never, at our watch, condone or allow such. Today, there have been a number of abductions and, in some cases, unexplained deaths," he said.
He further seemed to suggest that the Kenya Kwanza regime had failed to live up to the ideals and principles it sold to Kenyans while seeking power.
According to him, he was convinced to join the now-ruling faction as its themes of leadership aligned with those of his party.
"I joined the Kenya-Kwanzaa coalition owing to the fact that the principles that they espoused are in tandem with the principles of the party I belong to, namely the Democratic Party of Kenya," he said.
Still on the incidents of abduction, Muturi regretted that his son was picked by unknown people in June 2024 despite his then status within government; was serving as the Attorney General.
He revealed not having received any explanation months into his child's forcible disappearance.
Muturi noted that such incidents had left, not only his, but families of many Kenyans in disarray, seeming to accuse the involved state operatives of impunity.
"Now, more than six months later, after that ordeal and the release of my son by unknown forces, he has not been charged with any offence, and the government at all levels has not been able to give me any explanation or reasons as to his abduction by hooded armed gangsters," he said.
"Since the Gen-Z revolts of June last year, and it is unfortunate, as most of the people being abducted and or killed are our youth, leaving the parents, relatives and friends, and other family members in a state of confusion and loss," he said.
