Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has disclosed the genesis of his fall out with President Kenyatta.
In an interview with Saturday Nation, Kuria gave an insight into what made him break ranks with Kenyatta. Kuria, a former staunch supporter of Kenyatta, has become a fierce critic of the President in the recent past.
To begin with, Kuria accused Kenyatta of allowing people he termed as “outsiders” to infiltrate the ruling Jubilee Party ahead of the 2017 elections. He alleged that the installation of these people was the beginning of the woes the governing party faces today.
“All of a sudden, the space was occupied by people from nowhere, who did not know why we wanted to win the election and what we wanted to do in government,” Kuria stated.
Further to this, MP Kuria accused President Kenyatta’s relatives of funding his rivals in the race for Gatundu South parliamentary seat in the last election despite having a good track record.
“The year 2017 was difficult for me. First, forces I believe are from the president’s closest relatives sponsored candidates against me in Gatundu South.”
“This is despite the fact that I had worked very hard to deliver to my people, lifting the place from near-total darkness to electrification, initiating a roads upgrade program and upgrading 75 percent of secondary schools to have boarding facilities,” claimed Kuria.
“I’m not sure I have fully recovered from that treachery,” he added.
In addition, Kuria claimed that he was sidelined following his speech in Thika on December 31st, 2018, where he accused Uhuru’s administration of starving the Mt. Kenya as far as development was concerned.
“When I persisted in asking these questions, the Mt Kenya governors convinced the president that I was a rabble-rouser inciting the people against him, at the behest of Deputy President William Ruto,” Kuria stated.
“Rather than respond to the issues I was raising on the foreign-driven policies that were driving small traders to the point of committing suicide, the e-list cabal convinced the president I was the enemy and the problem,” he added.
He also noted that Kenyatta’s March 2018 handshake with ODM leader Raila Odinga contributed to their fall out. “The narrative was very simple. Rather than explain to us and discuss the rationale behind the handshake, this cartel brought in the narrative that some of us were beneficiaries of the divisive politics of the past and therefore we could not support a process that ended the divisions,” Kuria alleged.
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@kuria – I certainly must…
@kuria – I certainly must assume the role of a mad man ( Kimundu Muguruki) to be able to respond to the nonsensical foolishness you have stupidly highlighted in this cheap complaints as a cause for your disagreements with Uhuru. Wewe mtu wa mkono to Uhuru; and that has not changed and it never ever will!
You will automatically perish politically once you lose the mtu wa mkono status to Uhuru. Ruto can never provide that cover for you! Only Uhuru alone can keep your star shining – mark my words, “only Uhuru can keep your political star shining!! Don’t be fooled from Mugotio!
First and foremost, you have never supported Uhuru: and you have never been his political ally let alone a close personal friend. Just putting this fact on the table for you to start eating and hopefully digesting piece by piece!
Your initial fake liking of Uhuru was based on your mad desire and personal greed to become the MP for Gatundu South! You won’t have made it without Uhuru – that is the cold fact!
You are like the proverbial chameleon that hang in the rabbit’s tail in the run up to a given destination; and lied it had arrived on its own at the seat before the rabbit had arrived. You are nothing but a Johnny come lately in matters politics.
You wore dirty white shirts in various TV shows pretending to leak Uhuru’s behind to make your name! In the process of using Uhuru’s advantaged name, you managed to buy yourself a Mutumba coat, and some used trousers!
And now you think you have made it because you are wearing some imported used coats from China, you have forgotten where you came from, the journey you have traveled with Uhuru. He made you who you are; like it or not! I’m just a “mad man” talking in many parables!
Surely, we all know how that episode being arrogant ended in the Rabbit’s unfortunate story. Your faked getting there “first” will end up with a thunderous boom fall come 2022! You have lost the mojo to be a servant of the people; you have lost yourself! And the people who knew you some years back think you are a mad man, literally!?
Kenya was burning in 2017/18! People needed and demanded peace for the country to move on, forward for that matter. Raila held the keys to peace and stability. You held the keys to chest thumping like a foolish young man who had no history of his own.
You preferable for the country to burn down and for women and children to suffer! Was your position informed by wisdom or just sheer stupidity? And to make matters worse, you are still mad because Kenyans are living in peace and going about their business! Are you a leader or a foolish man to be discarded come 2022?
I’m just wondering loud because you don’t seem to have been a sharp cookie in stepping up when needed most!
What are you gonna tell your kids you did to bring peace and stability at the most critical time in Kenya’s history – the hour of need, and the hour every leader needed to step up to the hot plate?
What Uhuru did to join hands with Odinga was guided by wisdom, knowledge and clear understanding! The country have become calm, stable, people are doing business and no one is being hunted by each other with machetis.
Do you prefer peace or do you prefer peace? We have to know why you are so mad with peace and stability in Kenya as a result of the “hand shake!” What is your beef with peace and stability in Kenya? Where is the “beef” that Kuria has brought to the kitchen table? Is DP Ruto the “beef” you are selling Kenyans!?
You may want to rethink your political position! Period! Because you wil badly lose come 2022! My prediction about your pending fall from glory is based on 95% in real time statistical analysis!
You decided to stay in the dark side of history, you decided to hang around Ruto so you can share in the get rich scam-lot schemes. It seems the best position for you now. Your personal decision, but you are now very annoyed with Uhuru because you are being hunted for what you have embezzled – the CDF allocations and maybe more.
You have talked about what Jubilee wanted to accomplish without included other Kenyans! What was that you want to do when the country was quickly burning down? Kenya belongs to every Kenyan; the entire 46 million men and women who so dearly loves and adores Kenya!
You of all the Kenyans, you should know better! You are an MP, hopefully someone that can be considered a leader of something; maybe 9 people in some place in the middle of Kiambu. Do you expect Uhuru to hold your hand to get something done for the 9 people who look up to you, if by any chance they do?
A political party is not a sample representative of all people in a unit, called a country, Upon Jubilee “winning the elections in 2018”, DP Ruto immediately started a high tempo political campaigns for a ghost presidency in 2022. Ruto disregarded the value of a “working nation” as Kibaki would say! You too miss the working nation values and you are still lost in the greedy Tanga Tanga corner! And when are you gonna pull up your sleeves and get to work for the honest people of Gatundu South?
You can not be called upon to work for Kenya, if you can not meet your obligations in the Gatundu South constituency! Here is the deal – just wait for the nation to extend its hands to you once it seems what you can do is the small constituency of Gatundu South!
Do you think Kenyans eat politics every day from one election to the next? Your gods must be very crazy if that is what your small head thinks. No wonder you have stayed a drunkard because you can’t fathom other Kenyans being included in the high table to participate in the important decision making processes.
Now you are telling us that Uhuru did not pat you in the back for building red soil dirt roads, mud walled dormitories, Nyumba igitatwo na Nyeki and thingo cia Mai ma ngombe.
Ok, Uhuru shouldnt have to pat your back for doing some shameful work. Do people’s work without expecting back pats and so forth!
You keep saying Uhuru support other interested parties to run for Gatundu South MP. Giti kiuri, nikia nyukwa? What about individual choices! No body is indebted you, nobody!
Initially Uhuru picked you up from the political Dust bin of rugs to glory! He gave you a voice and a platform to stand on.
And now you are biting the same hand that fed you because of your greed for corruption; yes, I say that again that your main problem is the desire to “sleep” with those who are corrupt.
Uhuru is fighting you guys for stealing! You feel that Uhuru is standing in your way to stolen riches – the people’s money. Tell the truth because telling the truth will eventually set you free!
Only a “mad man” like you can now tell you the truth! I hope the mad man’s truth can set you from those crazy demons that are eating your sic away! It is about time for you to see the light, take responsibility and be accountable to yourself and stop self destroying yourself!
You got sidelined after the Thika speech because it was a very stupid and damn speech. You have lacked wisdom in most of your verbosity – you have a very bad mouthiasis and I don’t think taking Pepto Bismo or a very strong mouth-wash will alleviate your problems!
Your problems are mental. Maybe a good psychiatrist may do you a favor! As for the natural wisdom, only your personal god knows how you can attain that valuable tool. You sure need a good dose of wisdom and get away from th Mugotio vanity. Those in Iten valley have already marked for admitting that you “framed” Ruto. And history will certainly repeat itself in case he wins presidency! You will pay through the nose for betraying him.
The way you are going now will take you to a forked juncture full of total darkness! At that point, there will be no point of direction change qfor you to orient yourself with the political compass!
You will turn out to be a mere sentence within a chapter in the history books! You can learn from your friend Kiunjuri or just keep on digging your own deep grave.
Kuria – Mundu Mugo once said, Mugi ni mutare! Those taking you to Sugoi are misleading!m you badly! Maybe you will see the light now that you have promised to quit eating Mashisha at a local bar! Or maybe not!
Many have been where you are now – do you recall Nyanja? Where is he now? History is just but look at life in the rear view mirror! Please, make good use of your rear view mirrors! Or you will eventually perish alone!