Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has faulted President Kenyatta for sidelining Deputy President William Ruto.
Karua, who spoke during an interview with Citizen TV on Tuesday, accused Kenyatta of contravening the law by failing to have a good working relationship with Ruto.
“President Kenyatta should be bringing the nation together and leading by example by having a good working relationship with his deputy,” said Karua.
She added: “He has set a bad example where a president can ignore the constitution and the law and lockout his deputy from work. One wonders then who would want to be a deputy in those circumstances.”
While acknowledging that the two are allowed to disagree on certain issues, Karua insisted that they have a constitutional duty to develop a workable relationship, failure to which they should resign and allow Kenyans to elect new leaders who are ready to work as a unit.
“Previously we had some governors mistreating their deputies. This is completely unconstitutional. The president has joined the bandwagon. It is a bad example. They should be able to agree to disagree, to differ with respect on some aspects but to continue to operate as the presidency,” she said.
“They can both resign and pave way for the elections. They were elected as a unit and should operate as a unit. If the president feels he can no longer work with his deputy and if his deputy has done anything that contravenes the constitution, the only way put is either impeach him or put up with him and develop a workable relationship.”
Kenyatta and Ruto have had a frosty relationship since the 2018 handshake between the president and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
In an interview last month, Ruto blamed Kenyatta for allowing people close to him to humiliate and disrespect him.
“Very many deputy presidents are fought. It is an unfortunate situation. Given an opportunity, I would not allow my deputy president to be humiliated the way former deputy presidents have been humiliated and the way I have been humiliated,” said Ruto.
Martha, Martha, Martha,..you…
Martha, Martha, Martha,..you have a point, but UHURU and GOONS are busy emptying the Kenyan coffers.
Why don’t you start asking UHURU and GOONS, with you included to stop corruption, murders and looting?
Please stop playing a saint.
There is a process for…
There is a process for removing apresedent. If politicians think the public is behind the removal of a head of state, they are more likely to vote for removal. There is no shortage of examples among presidential democracies in the last few decades where protests drove impeachment processes. The United States is the notable exception.
The South Korean government impeached president Park Geun-hye in 2017 for abuse of power, but only in the face of relentless protests, known as “candlelight rallies,” which brought millions of Koreans into the streets for 20 weekends between 2016 and 2017.
In Brazil, before the 2016 impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff, there were widespread, record-breaking protests—some attended by millions of people. The first calls for Rousseff’s impeachment, on the basis of perceived widespread corruption, began in March 2015. Protests began soon after and quickly grew. The Senate eventually voted to remove her from office in August 2016. Decades earlier, in 1992, Brazil’s National Congress voted to impeach president Fernando Collor de Mello, also following street protests.
Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych—who was ousted following a parliamentary vote (which actually didn’t follow the established process of impeachment)—has said he believes it was the protests that eventually led to the political actions against him, and his eventual removal from office. Indeed it was after many months of protests in 2013 and 2014 that the charges of cronyism and corruption were first discussed by the country’s legislature.
As you can see, power is in the hands of the people. As I have said many times on this forum,”where are our social activists”in the midst of corruption,and rotten governance.Massive protests can change all this Martha.You take the lead.That’s how we take out elected leaders who deceived the public to be elected.
Wow @ maxiley! Are you…
Wow @ maxiley! Are you writing a novel or a Vasco Dagama history book here? Three lines are pretty to say what is your damn belt! Just like me here! Got it!
Maxiley is writing a Mau Mau…
Maxiley is writing a Mau Mau history book! He runs his silly mouth too much with his chicken feed ideas! He should have married karua. Nawao! Batman and Robin here!
@ Tony the genius, Iam…
@ Tony the genius, Iam waiting for you to write some not silly mouth ideas.I would love to learn something from you the brain of Kenya.
@tony says you and Karua are…
@tony says you and Karua are a fair match made in Heaven! Do you agree with his assessment of the kind of chic you hang out with? He is laying it to you alright!
Mother Martha Karua is one…
Mother Martha Karua is one of the most useless politicians in Kenya today! She should disappear and forget political life in Kenya. I get tired of her stupid mouth every time she opens it!
This woman is under a lot of…
This woman is under a lot of stress! Look at how many crises she has on top of her face! Hope she does not die of a heart attack.
The problem with Karua is…
The problem with Karua is her in-born childish attitudes and the failure to grasp basic concepts as to why Uhuru and Ruto does not see eye to eye!
Karua is blindly trying to chart her dead political career hoping that a Ruto win will find her a spot in the Ruto administration! That is all the reasons Karua is bad mouthing Uhuru with her damn ugly mouth.
How did former president Kibaki (baba Jimmy) make such a grave mistake of appointing Karua to the justice and conditional docket? Baba Jimmy certainly errored here u we have forgiven him!
No wonder waiguru defeated this selfish woman!
Idiot! You know a foolish…
Idiot! You know a foolish woman when you see one! This one is a dummy! She is beyond foolish!!!
This woman gets simile with…
This woman gets simile with old age! The older she gets, the dummer she gets!
Uhuru should ignore her dead advise and keep moving on??! Her time is fully expired! She is a menopause case and can’t be helped!
I used to think highly of…
I used to think highly of Karua but not any more! Her ignorance bits!
This woman thinks she is…
This woman thinks she is saying something worth listening to. I’m afraid not! She just wants Ruto’s love! I lawyer by profession but sleeping with most most corrupt dog!
Karua is broke financially…
Karua is broke financially and she is willing to take any kind of money – dirty or clean!
She will praise Ruto well knowing the man is a thief besides everything else Ruto is accused of doing!
Politics is a very dirty game! It turns folks into beggars and losers of soul! Karua is just a willing victim; she got kids to raise in her old age.
Shut the f… up Martha…
Shut the f… up Martha Karua. You always sounds like an idiot. It is past your time. Just go away and stay away fool. You are as corrupt as all those other fools. Just shut you big mouth up.