Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa has responded to remarks by David Murathe with regards to DP Ruto’s 2022 Presidential bid. Ichungwa tweeted “Holiday season iko na ulevi zingine mbaya to some people.Let’s pray alipewa maziwa kidogo…kidoooogo tu and he will sober up.”
Murathe said that the Jubilee party has no pact to support Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 polls.
Speaking on Wednesday at the Maragoli Cultural Festival, Murathe asserted that his Kikuyu community owes “no one a debt” [of political support] and that Ruto should not ‘pretend’ to be speaking on behalf of Jubilee on matters referendum.
“There is a need to change the Constitution so that it can be more accommodating,” he said.
” Let you not be deceived by the Tangatanga movement because both Ruto and Uhuru have served their full terms and should retire together,” he added.
But these remarks expectedly appear to have rattled some politicians and netizens while others support him.
Former Kiambu governor William Kabogo tweeted “Murathe has no authority to speak on anyone’s behalf. Who is he to ask DP Dr WSR to retire from politics in 2022 we’ve not forgotten he sold his parliamentary seat to SK Macharia. He’s politically broke.”
To this, netizens put Kabogo to task having been quoted in the past as saying the Deputy President “will not get automatic votes from the Central region.”