Leaders drawn from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have revealed that they are under instructions of their party leader Raila Odinga to block Deputy President William Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid.
Led by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, the leaders have vowed to ensure Ruto doesn’t succeed President Kenyatta in 2022.
“If Raila says we go right we shall all go right and if he says we go left we have all to go left. He (Raila) has told us to support Uhuru and oppose Ruto’s presidential bid that is exactly what we are doing,” Joho says as quoted by the Standard.
Speaking in Butala, Busia County on Saturday, Joho says that the fact that Ruto has been implicated in numerous corruption scandal makes him unfit to be Kenya’s next President.
“I am extremely against the presidential bid of Ruto, this country cannot be led by someone like Ruto because of his bad integrity,” says Joho.
The ODM deputy leader also says the party supports President Kenyatta’s recent cabinet shake-up that gives Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i powers to supervise all government development programs including the big four agenda.
Joho notes that this will stop Ruto’s countrywide trips in the name of launching and inspecting projects on behalf of the President.
“I am ready to welcome Matiang’i whenever he comes to Mombasa to oversee projects because he is not interested in politics but advancing development agenda of the Uhuru’s government,” says Joho.
Kikuyu and Kalenjin must let…
Kikuyu and Kalenjin must let other communities lead.
Even Obama came from a minority group. Black people in America are minority.
A lot of countries are lead by people from minority tribes.
Anyways, I support secession.
Gibberish!
Gibberish!
@ Diana: Mtu ambaye sijaona…
@ Diana: Mtu ambaye sijaona kwenye maandishi yako ukimtaja ni Ndugu WAFULA CHEBUKATI. Mtu huyu ana uwezo wa kumkataza mtu ambaye hafai kugombeas kiti cha uongozi nchini.
Hivi sasa, zaidi ya asilimia tisini (more than 90%) ya viongozi tulio nao sasa hawafai kuwa kwenye uongozi. Mtu aliyewaruhusu kugombea kiti cha uongozi wowote nchini ni WAFULA CHEBUKATI.
Sura ya sita(6) kwenye Katiba ya nchi haifuatwi hata kidogo. Ndiyo sababu moja kubwa Kenya haiwezi kubadilika kwa sababu wataalamu (experts) wa ufisadi wamo kwenye utawala.
Nilistaajabu kumwona Gavana wa Kirinyaga Dada Waiguru akipewa nafasi ya kugombea kiti cha ugavana na huku ilisemekana alihusika kupora mali ya umma. Swali la msingi ni kuwa, alipatapataje kibali cha kugombea kiti alicho nacho sasa?
Mwishowe, nakuomba ukumbuke ya kwamba kiongozi wa kwanza baada ya Waingereza kuondoka nchini ndiye aliyepanda “mbegu ya ufisadi” nchini. Mwanawe sasa ndiye anayeongoza Kenya. Utajiri wake uko kwenye mabilioni ya dola za Kimarekani. Akijaribu kupambana na ufisadi, walio na macho watamwuliza, “Je, utajiri ulio nao sasa uliutoa wapi?”
Nina hakika ya kwamba Sura ya Sita ikizingatiwa kisheria kwenye uchaguzi ujao, nchi yetu itaanza kufufuka tena. Pia, ni muhimu kuwaondoa waliomo kwenye uongozi wa ulinzi nchini kama Boinnetti na wote walio kwenye mahakma ili Kenya ianze kufyeka misitu na kujenga barabara mpya nchini.
Viogozi wa Kikuyu na…
Viogozi wa Kikuyu na Kalenjin ni watumiaji wa madawa yakulevya.
Most of these Kikuyu and Kalenjin leaders are under the influence of alcohol ,marujuana and other illicit drugs. Most of them are junkies.
It’s a waste of time advocating for electoral justice with junkies.
It is easier and makes more sense to lobby the international community to support dividing the country into two.
It will happen. Junkies always expose themselves.
If Raila says we go right,…
If Raila says we go right, we go right, says Sultan JOho. You are clearly telling Kenyans that you are not your own man. Whatever Raila says, you do, if he tells you to shit on the road, you will do that because he has said.
Of course the handshake was…
Of course the handshake was between Uhuru and Rao and not Ruto or other extensions. Even in the most simplistic way, a handshake is strictly between two people not parties. After Uhuru’s term, it is fair game. It would be naive to imagine that the handshake was to last for eternity. It is mischievous and detrimental to democracy if these political deals are written on stone. That is why we have 5 year terms so that winds can change direction and political tide bring much needed change. Neither Jubilee nor ODM has monopoly of leadership. So come 2022 the political chessboard will be cleared and we start a new game for democracy to flourish.
Joho’s behavior is so…
Joho’s behavior is so slavish and it demeans his tribesmen. Sounds like he’s a flip flopper and he may follow RAO’s foot steps. Modern leaders need to independent, principled and ready to pay a price for what they believe in.
@Joho, you are simply…
@Joho, you are simply telling the nation that Raila is your commander even in your bed, then you are doomed.
@joho, if raila tells you go…
@joho, if raila tells you go kill, u will cox he has said… then you don’t qualify to be a leader either!!!
What happened with the case…
What happened with the case of fake certificates that were provided by Joho?Did the relevant authorities reach at the bottom of this?
One thing Iknow is that, if RAO told Joho to quit politics, he wont.
And this attack on Ruto as unfit to be president, let the electorate decide.As far as I know, just about all Kenya politicians have not passed integrity test.
Joho could do alot of goodwill to peace loving people if he would go and talk to his Alshabab brothers and sisters,and tell them to stop their cowardly terror attacks on peace loving Kenya.May be RAO should tell him that…
JOHO is clean !
JOHO is clean !
irrespectiful if Ruto can be…
irrespectiful if Ruto can be Kenya president – Raila will never ever be a Kenyan president . he is mkosa musimamo – He is very easily bought He does not realize he is being used like he was by Moi and Kibaki – a fool such as him will sell us if he became our head