WIPER Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka rejected an offer to be Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary in President William Ruto’s government.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua revealed that Kalonzo Musyoka turned down an offer to join the Kenya Kwanza administration.
Speaking during an interdenominational church service at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos County on Sunday, April 16, Gachagua claimed that DP President Ruto reached out to Kalonzo after last year’s presidential polls, but he (Kalonzo) opted to stick with the opposition.
“When Kalonzo turned down the offer, the President gave it to your son Alfred Mutua,” Gachagua said.
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Kalonzo previously served as foreign affairs minister from 1993–98 and 2003–04.
Confirming Gachagua’s sentiments, President Ruto said that he had reached out to Kalonzo for a government role, but the former VP insisted that he was comfortable in the opposition.
“I looked for Kalonzo and we sat down after last year’s election and I urged him to take a post and join my government, but he flatly refused and opted to remain in the opposition,” Ruto said adding that he was considering Kalonzo for the National Assembly Speaker post or any other role.