Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) party leader Eugene Wamalwa has justified why the opposition will not stop talking about President William Ruto during their meetings.

Taking to his official X account on Saturday, March 1, 2025, Wamalwa argued that one cannot talk about oppression without talking about the oppressor and his oppressive policies.

Wamalwa, in his statement, said that the opposition will not stop talking about President Ruto’s harsh taxes, failed policies, and endemic corruption, tribalism, nepotism, and cronyism as he wishes.

“Freedom is not given by the oppressor; it is demanded by the oppressed, as Martin Luther King Jr. once said. You cannot talk about oppression without talking about the oppressor and his oppressive policies, just like you cannot preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ without preaching about the Devil. So we will not stop talking about Zakayo and his harsh taxes, failed policies, endemic corruption, tribalism, nepotism, and cronyism as he wishes,” Wamalwa’s statement read in part.

The former Defence Cabinet Secretary went ahead to list the issues the opposition has been speaking against the Kenya Kwanza regime.

Wamalwa on key issues

Wamalwa listed abductions, the failed Adani Group deals with Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and KETRACO, Social Health Authority (SHA), and Housing Levy as some of the issues in which they will actively mention President Ruto when addressing.

“You cannot talk about abductions without talking about the Abductor-in-Chief. You cannot talk about corruption without talking about the most corrupt president in the world after Assad of Syria and his cronies Adani of India, Aydin of Turkey, and their JKIA, KETRACO, SHA, and Housing Levy scams,” Wamalwa stated.

“You cannot talk about the mess in the health and education sectors without talking about Ruto’s failed policies. You cannot talk about the Zakayo’s punitive taxes and the pain every Kenyan is enduring with the shrinking payslip without talking about Zakayo himself. You cannot talk about state capture of Parliament, the judiciary, the opposition, and threats to our multiparty democracy and devolution without talking about the captor!”

Ruto tells off critics

Wamalwa’s statement comes a day after President Ruto told the opposition leaders to stop making him the agenda of their meetings.

Speaking during the launch of an off-grid solar access project in Ndau Island, Lamu County, the president explained that his opposers are focused on ethnic politics instead of conversations that unite the country.

“Msijali matapeli ambao hawana mpango. Nimewaskiza kwa makini, wanaongea kwenye mtandao, radio, magazeti, mpango yao ni kuondoa Ruto. Hawana sera, hawana maoni, hawana chochote,” Ruto said. 

Ruto further poked holes into Martha Karua’s launch of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP), arguing that the attendees at the event had no agenda other than talking about him.

However, Wamalwa argues that the opposition, which he says is the government in waiting, knows what their alternative policies are and what policy changes they intend to make to improve the lives of Kenyans after they manage to kick out Ruto in 2027.

“As the Government in Waiting We, of course, know what our alternative policies are and what policy changes we intend to make to improve the lives of Kenyans after we kick out this failed regime, including reversing and scrapping by executive order number one the oppressive housing levy and SHA, which are cash cows for Zakayo and his cronies. Watch this space!” Wamalwa stated.