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William Ruto: A threat to Kenyan Security Must Go!


The Minister for Agriculture, William Ruto is no stranger to national scandals. I guess this makes him more honorable than most. But what is even worse is the fact that all the scandals that Ruto is involved in to a large extent threaten the national security of the Kenyan people. However, Kenyans have become wary of his dangerous character and they are demanding justice. His crimes include creating cartel to cause artificial shortage of maize in the country, embezzlement of public funds, training and funding militia, instigating tribal clashes.. The list is endless.
As the world celebrate Christmas, over 78% of Kenyan population can hardly afford maize flour which is the stable food for most people. It is an open secret that Ruto and his sycophants are involved in dangerous cartel that has created artificial shortage for basic victuals such as maize and maize flour in order to push the prices up and create an opportunity for him and the cartel to leap huge profits at the expense of peace loving poor Kenyans.

Ruto's greed has turned the Christmas season for many Kenyans into a miserable time with food prices soaring while the paychecks are shrinking. Kenyans understand that commodity prices are dictated by demand and supply dynamics of macro economics, and Ruto owes Kenyans an explanation about the abrupt shortage of maize. Was this shortage predicted by his Ministry? If not, why not? If yes, what plans and strategies did the Ministry put in place to prevent such a situation or to make certain that it does not get worse. Since the Minister does not seem to care or he is completely oblivious of what common Kenyans are going through, it is time for Kenyans to send him home. Food security for all Kenyans is a fundamental responsibility of the government and the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture has completely failed to protect the Kenyan people. The question on the mind of most Kenyans interviewed by this writer is whose interest is the minister safeguarding? The answer can only lead us to other scandals that the minister exceedingly perfected.

The youth for KANU 92 mania will not fade from the Kenyans' mind any
time soon. Willian Ruto and other self seekers were involved in the distribution of printed money in order to ensure the re-election of Daniel Moi back to power. What is not lost to most keen political observers is the fact that Ruto has never apologized to Kenyans for instigating political clashes that left thousands of Kenyan misplaced and hundreds dead. It is an open secret that Ruto was involved in planning, funding and executing the tribal clashes. Since Kenyans seems to have given him a pass for his evils by electing him to parliament, he took advantage of his position to perfect the recent atrocities that left thousands dead and millions displaced.

Impunity leads to more impunity and the Kenyans have had enough of Ruto. One wonders; whether when Ruto looks at himself in the mirror does he recognize himself as a public servant, a thug or a crook? The correct answer lies on whether he can be forthright with Kenyans and step aside for he does not possess the moral authority to serve Kenyans in any capacity. Kenyans are demanding the eroded dignity and honor back to the public service arena. Lack of dignity and honor lead us to other scandals that Ruto immersed himself in with impunity.

Kenyans remember vividly that when NARC came to power, Ruto and others were indicted for corruption charges involving millions of shillings. Ruto cried foul and incited his tribe against the then new government claiming that his tribe was being persecuted through selected justice. Whatever deals Ruto made with the courts are not clear and today the Kenyans people are demanding full account of Ruto's corruption charges. If Ruto stole millions from NSSF through sale of valueless property or whatever means and got away scot free, what would make others not follow suite? The current scandal at NSSF is to some extent due to the fact that Ruto and others have never faced justice. Proposing appointment of new board of trustees and a Managing Trustee is not the panacea to the problems facing many public institutions in Kenya. As the audit report that was commissioned by Raila reveals, NSSF stands to lose millions – the government must act now or the Kenyan people will yank the Minister and others implicated out of office.

Recently, it was revealed through a long blog by Kenyan in the Diaspora that Ruto was involved in training some militia – the Karamajong Guerilla Fighters. The police, the CID or any authority in Kenya did not take any measures to verify with Ruto the extent of his clandestine involvement. Hence, Ruto comfortably unleashed the militia to perform the recent acts of anarchy. Since the national security of the Kenyans is threatened by the existent of Ruto in the cabinet as he has proved time and again to be a hyena in sheep's skin, he must quit now. He should face justice for
all crimes and evil acts that he has committed against the Kenyan people. This brings us to the Krieger led commission investigating the flaws in last year's electoral process.

Ruto and other politicians were found guilty of inciting the public and perpetrating violence. Hence, they should be banned from holding office or contesting for elective positions in future. Since it is the responsibility of Government to protect workers from corrupt leaders running public institutions, all leaders implicated in financial and management improprieties that have dogged the nation's public institutions for decades, the honorable thing for Ruto to do if he truly consider himself an honorable member is to step aside immediately because of his questionable conduct to allow a free and fair investigation. He should not attempt to fire up ethnic sentiments to rally support from the poor people he has used to many years.

Enough is enough! Ruto Must Go!

Dr. Nancy Omweri, Adjunct professor, Pace University, Westchester, USA.

Uhuru said

“Riu tondu atindaga akiuga ni tunyuaga muno-ri, no anga tunyuaga na nyina? Na tondu atindaga akiuga tuthii Hague ri, Hague iyo ni ya nyina? Hague ni kwa nyukwa guku ugutinda ukiina? (Now that Raila keeps describing some of us as drunkards, do we go drinking with his wife? And now that he keeps telling us to go to The Hague, is that Hague his mother’s place? Is The Hague your mother’s place for you to keep singing about it?),” he asked at Githunguri.

Kiunjuri said
“Twaga kwaria uhoro wa Raila Odinga riu, tutikamenya kiria gigaturia twita Gikuyu. “If we don’t talk about Raila now, we shall be caught unawares as a community),” he said when the convoy stopped at Kiambu.

Hiti ihitagwo ni mundu na muthoniwe na nyumba itari ndundu iguthagwo na ihiga rimwe (A hyena is hunted by a man and his in-law and a house that is divided is destroyed by one stone),” said Mr Kiunjuri in his calling on the Kikuyu community to unite behind Mr Kenyatta.


“Hiti ituraga ifuataga mundu yetereire guoko kugue. No hiti ino no nginya tumieherie (A hyena hunts by following you in the hope that your swinging hand will fall off. But we must get rid of this hyena now),” he added.

“Rekei ndimwire. tribal slur gititumagwo uthoni tondu ihii mungiikara nacio no iriina nguru. Muhiiro wa tribal slur uthiragira kahiuini (Let me tell you, uncircumcised boys are not invited to dowry negotiations because, as you know, boys will always take time to sing their play songs. An uncircumcised boy’s goings are only ended when he faces the knife).

“Raila ti kimundu kiega kihana nyamu iria iriaga nguku na matumbi macio (Raila is not a good person. He is like the animal that eats the chicken and its eggs).

Muthama said

Who said his votes had been stolen and asked his people to fight? Who asked people to uproot the railway in Kibera, to remove people from their houses and occupy them?” he asked.

“Ucio ni muguruki (He is insane),” he added.

“This country cannot be governed using riddles and football commentary, and by people who cannot speak grammatical Kiswahili,” said Mr Muthama.

“We’re going to the polls next year and we are going to send him (Raila) back home to fish,” he said in apparent reference to the PM.[/color]