Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale says the government will not stop hounding the Kenyatta family which he believes has a hand in the ongoing demonstrations by the Azimio coalition.
In an interview with Spice FM Kenya on Friday, Duale revealed that former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s family had sent emissaries to ask President Ruto to leave them alone, a guarantee the Defense CS they won’t grant to the family.
“Why is the Kenyatta family involved in causing the country’s instability yet they are the richest family not in Kenya but in Africa?
“They have sent emissaries that the former President and his family should be left alone. Nobody can guarantee them that. That guarantee given to them should also be given to ordinary Kenyans,” CS Duale stated.
Duale continued: “The Kenyatta family will not be allowed to be left alone as they desire because if there is any issue involving the institutions of the government or the ministers that served under his regime, parliament, and the institutions must discuss it regardless of what.”
“If there is an audit issue for the subsidy for example and if falls within the former administration of Kenyatta, the public, parliament, and institutions will discuss it, if his former ministers had issues the independent institutions can still carry it and discuss it,” he added.
Duale noted that happens even in other administrations which is why Uhuru Kenyatta’s will still be mentioned.
Additionally, the CS said that they have advised President Ruto against agreeing to the deal, adding that no one was above the law.
He explained that Ruto has always been very firm on respecting the rule of law whenever he makes his speeches.
“What advice did we give to the President? The whole plan is to have a handshake with Raila, who will then do the bidding of the Kenyatta Family on the crimes that have been committed against the people of Kenya,” he said.
“He has been very consistent. The President has been very firm that he will uphold the Constitution.”
The CS alleged that Uhuru’s family was pushing for Raila to get into a handshake with President Ruto pointing to intelligence reports.
He explained that the current protests have destabilized the government and would affect the country in the long run.
“Outside this, there is the extension of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hand. The family was involved in yesterday’s demonstrations,” he stated in reference to being fed an intelligence report.
Duales’ statements came days after Kenyatta’s family farm in Ruiru-Northlands City Project was raided by goons who stole 1,400 sheep and destroyed trees.
