Sunday, July 28, 2024 - Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has detailed talks he had with President William Ruto over the nominations to the Cabinet.
Speaking in Siaya County
yesterday, Raila revealed that he talked with the President after the Cabinet
was dissolved.
At the time, he indicated that
he advised Ruto to replace the dismissed CSs with people of his own choice.
According to Raila, the
opposition was only going to suggest names of CSs after a national dialogue had
been held and an agreement on the way forward signed.
However, he detailed
that Ruto informed him that he could not wait for that long as the CS
positions could not remain vacant.
"I told Ruto the other day
that since he had fired his Cabinet, he needed to put his people and that we
would submit our recommendations after we have had the national dialogue.”
"However, he told me that
he wanted to be fast with the nominations as the positions could not remain
vacant. So, he told me that he would place his own people and then we would
talk later," he revealed.
It was at this point that Ruto
picked some members of his party.
Given that the names were not
forwarded by ODM, Raila noted that he cautioned Ruto against apportioning blame
on the opposition if the four ODM nominees failed at their work.
"Afterwards, he picked some
of our people (from ODM). I then told him that he should not say that we are
the ones who gave him the names should they fail to deliver.”
"We have released them. We
do not have a coalition agreement with the government," Raila reiterated.
Ruto nominated ODM’s John Mbadi
(Treasury), Hassan Joho (Mining), Wycliffe Oparanya (Cooperatives) and Opiyo
Wandayi (Energy).
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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