He wrote a resignation letter and denied it before it could reach National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi! This is after he had taken a move to resign following the backlash between President Uhuru Kenyatta and him that resulted from his new year eve remarks. Is opposition Chief Raila Odinga’s truce with President Kenyatta the main cause? Well, the Gatundu South legislator Moses Kuria has declared his support for the Building Bridges Initiative and apologised to the President for his comments about need for more development in Central.
“Following my speech at Thika Stadium on New Year’s Eve, there has been heated debate in the country and rising political temperatures, which are coming at a very early phase of the New Year. On January 4, I addressed a press conference in Gatundu South and clarified that my speech was directed at the Kiambu leadership and not President Uhuru,” the MP said during a press conference at Parliament buildings yesterday.
“I have nothing but the utmost respect for President Uhuru with whom I have worked with for a long time towards making Kenya a great nation. In that press conference, I offered my unqualified apology to the President for any hurt and misconception that my words could have created. I hereby reiterate that apology to the President and my fellow Kenyans,” Kuria added.
He said that despite his apology, he is being subjected to personalised attacks from “people with personal and political scores to settle with me”.
An ominous and wrong conception had been created that he was opposed to the President and the Building Bridges Initiative, Kuria said.
He said that he has written to ODM leader Raila Odinga to launch projects in his constituency in the spirit of Opposition leader’s handshake with Uhuru on March 9 last year.
On December 31, Kuria claimed that Uhuru has neglected Central Kenya in development projects.
The MP’s rant went viral, and some leaders said he appeared to be drunk and should go into rehab.
On Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta dismissed those complaining about development in Central Kenya calling them washenzi.
Speaking during the commissioning of Mama Ngina Drive in Mombasa county, Uhuru said his aim is take development across the country.