Nyando Member of Parliament Jared Okello during Citizen TV news break show on 05/10/2023. Photo/Citizen TV
Senate Deputy Speaker Kathuri Murungi has accused opposition lead by chief leader Raila Odinga for punishing members of parliament seeking development from State House
In a talk show at Citizen TV on Thursday 5th October, Murungi noted it’s bad politics to focus on personal interests instead of the people who chooses leaders
“We should depart from that ideology and focus on how Kenyans can develop how can move from one point to another,” Murungi stated
On matters overspending by the Kenya Kanza Administration moving different parts of the country, the deputy speaker weighed inserting that their contingent is to take development into those forgotten areas not for luxury
“For Example, His Excellency is expected to travel to Nyanza this weekend not for cosmetics but taking development in those areas because opposition has failed to deliver services to them,” he added
Defending reshuffling of the Cabinet Secretary particularly Prime Secretary Musalia Mudavadi being added foreign affairs docket, the third term serving legislator said that Mudavadi has been a good diplomat so he deserved to run the docket
“Musalia has been in the government for so may years and when he speaks makes a lot of sense, he’s a good diplomat so running the affairs is an added advantage to Kenyans,”
However Nyando Member of Parliament Jared Okello accused President William Ruto for picking Cabinet Secretary who were below the per
“Apart from Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithure Kindiki who makes some difference others are just clueless to a point President William Ruto himself confessed to the Kenyans that he’s incompetent Cabinet,” Gerald
Congratulating appointment of former nominated MP Isaac Mwaura to the docket of Government Spokesperson, Okello, poured confidence on him adding that he will exonerate government from some of mistakes
“President has appointed government spokesperson, someone who is called Isaac Mwaura and am sure he will confess that some of CSs were not capable,” he added
He noted that President William Ruto taking four months to train his Cabinet showed that there was a problem in his government making