President Uhuru Kenyatta’s succession battle is escalating to worst scenarios with Deputy President William Ruto alleging that there is a group of Cabinet Secretaries who are plotting for his assassination.
Four ministers have so far been summoned by DCI officer Michael Sang with claims that Dr Ruto had linked them to a secret plot to eliminate him.
Trade and Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya who was first to complain over the alleged plot, accused Ruto of linking him to the plot without proper investigations.
Other leaders include Transport minister James Macharia, ICT boss Joe Mucheru and Health CS Sicily Kariuki .
“We want to confirm we have been having meetings. Indeed, we had a meeting in La Mada and we will continue having meetings because under the Constitution of Kenya, there is freedom of assembly and expression,” Munya claimed.
It is a serious allegation especially coming from the Deputy President who is occupying a powerful office in this land. I think it is irresponsible, unfair and it intended to portray us in a very bad light – CS Munya takes on DP Ruto over assassination allegations pic.twitter.com/Cu4XlnuypT
— Daily Nation (@dailynation) June 24, 2019
Now the Nyeri Town MP Ngungiri Wambugu claims that Ruto is directly plotting a war against the President Uhuru Kenyatta by going for Cabinet Secretaries who are loyal to him.
The vocal Kieleweke Leader claims that the CSs are being targetted for refusing to join Tanga Tanga, a group allied to DP Ruto and refusing to play politics with development.
Posting on his Facebook page Ngunjiri accused Tanga Tanga of going for Uhuru’s loyalties including Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju and CS Fred Mtaingi who have so far been asked to resign.
“It started with attacks on CS-without-Portfolio Raphael Tuju. Now it’s Health CS Kariuki, ICT CS Mucheru, Transport CS Macharia and Trade CS Munya. All these CSs – plus several others including Interior CS Matiangi – have one thing in common. They are (privately and publicly) 100% loyal ONLY to President Uhuru Kenyatta. They have refused to TangaTanga. They have also refused to play politics with development. Now someone wants to intimidate them. That someone must think we are idiots, ” Wambugu claimed.
Such remarks are coming in while the party is facing the greatest rift with some MPs threatening to withdraw their monthly contributions to the party to push for the sacking of Tuju. The MPs are accusing Tuju of plotting to undermine Ruto’s 2022 preside