President William Ruto has told off Azimio la Umoja coalition leader Raila Odinga stop threatening elected leaders and allow them to work with whoever they want.
Ruto wants Odinga to stop what he describes as “personality cult politics”
The Head of State was responding to threats by Odinga to expel MPs who have pledged support for his government.
“I want to tell every leader from every community and every party and every corner of Kenya that I am looking forward to working with you so that we can develop Kenya,” he said.
“Kenya has been held hostage to ethnic politics, to personality cult politics for far too long and we need to unchain ourselves from that kind of politics so that we can unleash the potential of our citizens and our country and move Kenya to the next level.”
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Last week, more than 32 Jubilee MPs decamped from the Raila Odinga led coalition and pledged to support the Kenya Kwanza government.
Days earlier, nine ODM MPs held a meeting with Ruto at State House and pledged to work with him.
Odinga appeared to have been angered by the MPs visit to State House terming them as “self seekers and “traitors.”
On Sunday, Ruto said every MP has a right to work with whoever they want.
Ruto said the leaders do not need any permission from anybody to work with the elected leaders of Kenya in the best interest of what is necessary and what is due to the people of Kenya.
“I want to tell my brothers of UDA and Jubilee that we are all brothers and the Kenyan government will do work to all Kenyans regardless of their political affiliations, their color, their tribe or any differences, we will do work as per the constitution so we can take Kenya forward,” he said.
‘For those who still want to put us in the bondage of tribalism and create divisions in Kenya, saying so and so should not meet with this person, these group will not work with a certain group, I want to assure them that I am the leader in this country and I will work with all leaders who were elected into the government.”