Former Starehe MP Maina has reiterated that Mount Kenya votes aren’t for sale and anyone interested must first show respect to president Uhuru Kenyatta who is the matron of the region.
Speaking in Limuru over the weekend,Kamanda said that the DP Ruto has bought MP Ndindi Nyoro and Kimani Ichugwa to fight the president on his fight against corruption.
His words brought to the fore a debate that has been raging on the political direction Mt Kenya region will take after the exit of President Uhuru Kenyatta from the political scene.
Since 2013 and up to the election day in 2017, Mr Kenyatta used every opportunity to remind everyone that his preferred successor was his deputy William Ruto.
“We as Kikuyu do not have another leader or spokesman except President Kenyatta. Even after five years into your retirement Mr President, you will still be our spokesman. Some people (read Kikuyu MPs) should stop taking Kikuyus for granted. Kikuyus will not to be taken to market place to be sold like commodities,” thundered Mr Kamanda.
Kamanda was accompanied by more than 15 MPs who accused mr Ruto of being corrupt and selfish.
The MPs wondered why the DP is so much bitter with the president yet Uhuru is just exercising his constitutional duties.
Kasarani MP Mercy Gakuya said that Ruto should show support for the fight against corruption and not vice verse