Kalonzo Musyoka better known as Uncle Steve or Water Melon is a man that is standing between a Rock and a hard place.
Kalonzo has time and again stated that he is focused on being this Country’s head of state. He has infact contested for the Presidency but was unfortunate not to emerge victorious.
He is again making advances to the Country’s top most seat but even at that, his political critics still believe that he does not have what it takes to be Kenya’s Commander of Defence Forces.
One of Kalonzo’s fiercest critics, Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has now come out with more attacks towards the Kamba Political Kingpin.
Mutua has said that Kalonzo is not presidential material because he has no firm stand.
Mutua said Kenya’s commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces must be a leader with a firm stand.
“You cannot order the Defence Forces to shoot and then go back on your order and say ‘Don’t shoot’, when the bullet has already been fired,” said Mutua on Sunday.
Kalonzo is said to have supported calls for a referendum so as to increase President Uhuru’s term limit.
The Wiper Party leader, however, denied this saying he was misquoted.
“When I say I mean it. When I said I have forgiven my brother Uhuru I meant it but I did not say President Uhruu Kenyatta should have a third term,” said Kalonzo.
Politicians allied to the president have been rooting for a referendum so as to bring back the position of the Prime Minister and his deputies.
Mutua has however said that though he is one of the proponents of constitutional changes to re-introduce the Prime Minister and at least two Deputy Prime Minister positions, he does not support the removal of presidential or governor term limits.
“We don’t want to go back to dictatorship,” said Mutua.
He noted Kenyans have paid the ultimate price to remove dictatorship through the one-party system that had been in place during the Kanu regime.