Kioni slams Raila Over Uhuru Hand in Ruto Deal
Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni has rubbished remarks by Azimio la Umoja coalition party leader Raila Odinga that former President Uhuru Kenyatta was involved in his negotiations with Ruto over the unrest in the country.
Speaking during the Jubilee party’s press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, Kioni said that Uhuru had no hand in the negotiations which resulted in Odinga submitting the names of four ODM officials to be considered for cabinet positions.
“Uhuru Kenyatta’s position is that you cannot join a government that is bent on causing all the havoc that it has caused on Kenyans,” Kioni said.
He added: “This is not a government to join but a government we should be working to remove as provided for in the constitution. When we say Ruto must go, it means everything Ruto-ism, when they started to become mischievous, they said we are saying Ruto so that we are left with Riggy G.”
While at the funeral of the father of former IEBC commissioner Irene Masit in Elgeyo Marakwet on August 13, 2024, Raila told mourners that Uhuru reached out to him to engage Ruto in light of the escalating demos that rocked the country for weeks.
