Respect political parties from Mt Kenya, Murathe tells DP Ruto

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Respect political parties from Mt Kenya, Murathe tells DP Ruto

Jubilee party National Vice-Chairman David Murathe has accused Deputy President William Ruto of doublespeak and out to kill political parties in Mt Kenya region.

Speaking during Azimio la Umoja forum in Murang’a County, Murathe challenged DP Ruto to treat Mt Kenya parties the way he is treating Musalia Mudavadi’s Amani National Congress (ANC) and Moses Wetangula’s Ford-Kenya if he wanted the region to take him seriously.

Murathe slammed the DP for forcing small parties’ in the Mt Kenya region to fold and join his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party while in other regions, he was ready to partner with regional parties.

The outspoken former lawmaker was referring to the Sunday announcement by Ruto that the UDA party will partner with ANC and Ford-Kenya party ahead of the August 9 polls.

“When he comes to our region, he calls the parties tribal and want the likes of Mwangi Kiunjuri (The Service Party), Mwangi Wa Iria (Usawa Kwa Wote party) and Moses Kuria (Chama Cha Kazi) to join his UDA, but in other parts of the country he is ready for a coalition,” he said.

Murathe said it was the hypocrisy of the highest degree to refer to Mt Kenya parties as village outfits while endorsing other parties.

"He [Ruto] has been running around the country telling us he was building a national party called UDA, on Sunday you all saw on TV saying he was ready to work with ANC and Ford Kenya.”

While addressing ANC party delegates at the Bomas of Kenya, Ruto said they have held discussions with Mudavadi and have agreed to craft a winning formation.

He said they will hold joint rallies across the nation starting next week to drum up support for their coalition.

Ruto is on record ruling out a possible coalition with other parties saying whoever wants to work with him must fold his outfit and join UDA.

Ruto claimed coalition talks were schemes by party leaders to secure positions for themselves ahead of the polls.

“These small parties are vehicles used by their leaders to bargain for positions. Politics of ethnicity benefits only a few leaders with positions and privilege,” said Ruto.

 

Source: The Standard





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