Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to accommodate all leaders in his bid to unite the country.
He said Uhuru’s March 9, 2018 Handshake pact with Opposition leader Raila Odinga should not sideline other Jubilee and Nasa leaders regardless of their political inclinations.
Muthama said, so far, the Handshake has only served to rock both Jubilee Party and the Opposition because Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, ANC’s Musalia Mudavadi and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula were left in the dark.
“The Deputy President is always complaining since the Handshake happened. Uhuru must not appear to be taking sides as this will further split the country,” he said, adding that the President’s legacy is pegged on unity.
He said for the country to move forward and achieve her development agenda, all leaders must be brought on board.
“I am even sure that Kalonzo, Mudavadi, Wetangula and others do not know what is going on between President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga,” Muthama said.
“The President must agree with other leaders and stop running the government as two individuals,” he added. Speaking on Sunday at the Africa Inland Church in Kangundo, Muthama also called for accelerated war on corruption.
A section of politicians allied to DP Ruto has been complaining that he (Ruto) is being sidelined in running of the Jubilee government.
The politicians among them Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa further alleges that Raila Odinga is hiding behind the handshake to scuttle the Jubilee government. Raila has on several occasions refuted claims of plotting to scuttle the ruling Jubilee party.
The former Prime Minister has insisted that his agenda is to unite Kenyans and help the government in the war against graft.