It is officially a gloves off battle between team Kitaeleweka and team Tanga tanga factions of Jubilee. Days after reports emerged that President Uhuru Kenyatta is losing his Mt. Kenya hold to his Deputy- he has made a move to assert who is the Boss!
The first casualties are two rebel MPs and a governor allied to Deputy President William Ruto who the President has ordered the withdrawal of their security details.The presidency issued a circular to all Cabinet Secretaries to stop going to events and instead lead a mass registration of the National Integrated Identity Management system (NIIMS) dubbed ‘Huduma Namba’ starting Monday, April 15.As soon as the circular was issued, the security detail of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, MPs Kimani Ichung’wa (Kikuyu) and his Kandara counterpart Alice Wahome.
Ichung’wa confirmed his security withdrawal, adding that he had not been told the reasons. “Ask them what do they want to do with my family while I am away. They are being told its orders from above in the PS’s office,” the MP who is out of the country on official duty told journalists.
He however blames his woes on Interior PS Karanja KIbicho.
Waititu also confirmed his security was withdrawn although no explanation was offered.
The President is reportedly miffed at the conduct of some state and public officers, who have continuously engaged in premature 2022 campaigns.The leaders complaining of withdrawn security have been accompanying the DP on his countrywide engagements, publicly rebuking the work of the investigating and prosecuting agencies and pledging their undivided support for his 2022 presidential ambition.
“The withdrawal of security is tactical. We are targeting the Mt Kenya heavy weights who had dared the President. Let us see how they will continue playing on the opposite side when the privileges enjoyed have been taken away,” said a political from Central Kenya.