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National assembly speaker accuses President Uhuru of intimidation

by Nderi Caren

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of intimidation and dictatorship.

In an interview on KTN, Muturi said President Uhuru’s wrong style of leadership can be seen through the purges on Jubilee party Members in Parliament.

He cited the example of Jubilee Party’s actions to remove Members of Parliament allied to Deputy President William Ruto from leadership positions.

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of intimidation and dictatorship.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of intimidation and dictatorship. Photo: Justin Muturi/Facebook.

“According to the National Assembly speaker, the party ought to have informed the affected parties of the intention to oust them and give them time to defend themselves,

“You don’t just wake up and say we are throwing you out. You are out in the cold. That is a dictatorship,” he said.

Before hitting out at the President, the National Assembly speaker had raised the alarm that he is facing threats from government institutions since announcing his 2022 Presidential bid.

Muturi further hinted that those supporting his presidential bid are also on the chopping board.

“You can intimidate some people but you cannot intimidate all these people. This threatening people with opening files and investigations should stop,

They can go ahead and write all they want. I stand with the leaders who are being intimidated for supporting me,” he said.

Justin Muturi’s sentiment on intimidation is similar to that of Deputy President William Ruto’s allies.

Legislators allied to the Tanga Tanga political camp have been decrying intimidation from the government for supporting Ruto’s presidential bid.

The DP is on record for calling out the government over the manner in which it is fighting corruption; by targeting his allies.

“The fight against corruption will succeed the day we remove politics from that fight. It will succeed the day we remove ethnic or political lenses and we prosecute corruption as corruption. The day we avoid the weaponization and criminalization of politics or political opinion,” he said.

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