Waititu urges Uhuru to slow down on graft to save Rift valley ‘tribesmen’

Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu alias Baba Yao on Thursday urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to slow down in the war on graft.

Waititu on his explanation, was referring to his fellow ‘tribesmen’ in Rift Valley as they would be disadvantaged if their Kalenjin leaders were victimized.

“We should proceed together as one team even in the war against graft; we should exercise caution because (of) our people are in Rift Valley and they could be disadvantaged if some of the communities’ influential people are victimized,” he argued.

The county head was speaking at the burial of a Murang’a tycoon Thayu Kamau at Gitui village, where he warned that the war on corruption could affect the relationship between the two communities, Kikuyu and Kalenjin, who formed the Jubilee party under Uhuru and Ruto.

NASA leader, Raila Odinga, who was present at the event, dismissed Waititu’s fears maintaining that tribal threat resulting in blackmail and intimidation would not be tolerated as the government embarks on the graft purge.

The Jubilee government is majorly formed by Kalenjins and Kikuyus .

Raila is now eating his piece of ‘milk and honey’ in Canaan as he is in the government through ‘handshake’.

Even though leaders are saying that Raila is not benefitting from the ‘handshake’ as it is not constitutionally recognized, but Raila is ‘happy’ to be part of the government.