Mbeere North Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Ruku has claimed that the ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance lost close to 30 per cent of its executive positions as a result of broad-based government formed by President William Ruto.
Ruku on miscommunication
Speaking in a televised interview with K24 TV on Monday, August 12, 2024, Ruku blamed the loss of the positions on what he termed as miscommunication.
According to the lawmaker who was elected on the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket, a section of Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries failed to communicate properly on the government agenda.
Ruku argues that President Ruto has done a lot to stabilize the country since he assumed power, but a section of the members of the executive failed to communicate to Kenyans on what the President has been doing.
“We have a broad-based government, the term which is being used by the president, and as a result, Kenya Kwanza has lost close to 30 per cent of its executive positions. This is because of many different reasons, but for me, I am giving it to miscommunication of government agenda, information on what the government is doing and what the president is doing,” Ruku said.
Ruku defends Ruto
He went ahead to argue that President Ruto’s fruits in his efforts to stabilize the economy have not been properly passed to the public.
This, the the MP claims, has made the Kenya Kwanza regime to cede about 30 per cent of government to the opposition.
The president has done a lot for this country to stabilize the economy but his efforts and fruits were not properly communicated by the ministers and PSs. Kenya Kwanza administration has ceded ground to about 30 per cent of the government to the minority.
Hon. Geoffrey Ruku: We have a broad-based government and as a result, Kenya Kwanza has lost close to 30% of its executive positions. The reason is because of miscommunication of the government’s agenda.#NewDawn pic.twitter.c*m/qJxFLX19q4
— K24 TV (@K24Tv) August 12, 2024
Communication failure in Cabinet
During the recent vetting of President Ruto’s Cabinet Secretary nominees, some of the ministers that had been reappointed found themselves in trouble over communication.
Trade Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya was taken to task over his tenure at the Ministry of Mining and Blue Economy.
Mvurya was cornered and pressured to explain why he failed in passing communication.
“Mvurya, now it confirms what the President said that you had very poor communication because you have done great things but no Kenyan knows about it,” Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei asked.
“On the issue of communication, I want to say that we did our best to communicate through the media and other forms, however, going forward, it is a matter that we will be able to strengthen,” Mvurya responded and assured MPs.
Broad-based govt
President Ruto is currently having a camaraderie with opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.
Ruto has been defending his decision for the formation of his broad-based Government of National Unity which he argues that will help bring Kenyans together.
His camaraderie with Raila saw President Ruto tap four individuals from ODM to his Cabinet, which was sworn-in last week.
