RAILA ODINGA will never betray Kenyans – ATWOLI tells Gen Zs to shut up and listen to the old man

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, has blasted Gen Zs for castigating ODM chief Raila Odinga, following the nomination of some senior members of the ODM party to cabinet positions.

Speaking in Kisumu on Saturday, Atwoli indicated that the nominations signify the spirit of multiparty politics, where members of the opposition can also assist the government in delivering on its agenda.

"These people who were saying that Raila is now working in government where they were when he was fighting for multi-party politics? 

"Those are passengers who do not know what it takes to run a country and have stability, Raila will never betray Kenyans," Atwoli said.

Atwoli further called President William Ruto to ensure appraisal of members of his cabinet to weed out non-performers.

"And we want to tell the president, we should have CSs reviewed either 3 months or 6 months because we cannot have CSs who all they know how to do is talk down on Kenyans. 

"You must look at them so that we don't see a repeat of what happened with the Gen Zs recently because what they are asking for is service delivery," he noted.

President Ruto and Raila Odinga have faced backlash from Kenyans following the nomination of four ODM members into the cabinet: Nominated MP John Mbadi (Treasury), Ugunja MP James Opiyo Wandayi (Energy), former Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho (Mining and Blue Economy), and former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya (Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs Development).

The Kenyan DAILY POST