Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has revealed the turning point in his relationship with President William Ruto.

Taking to his official X account on the evening of Thursday, May 15, 2025, Muturi disclosed that Ruto ceased responding to his calls after the funeral of Eric Mutugi Kivuti, son of former Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti.

Muturi went on to say that they have not spoken since and that he does not miss it. He mentioned that he only used to call him when it was necessary.

The former CS further disclosed that he had decided to let go, as he (Ruto) was not someone he could not live without.

“President Ruto stopped picking my calls after the funeral of Lenny Kivuti’s son. We haven’t spoken since, and I don’t miss it. I only used to call him when it was absolutely necessary. So I said, to hell with it! He is not someone I cannot live without,” Muturi said.

Mutugi’s burial

During the burial in Kanyuambora, Muturi attempted to read a condolence message from the president. However, mourners, expressing their frustration over unresolved abductions in the region, loudly rejected the message, chanting “Usisome” (do not read it). Muturi, acknowledging the crowd’s sentiment, handed the message directly to the family instead.

Muturi on Ruto’s impeachment

Muturi’s confession comes hours after he publicly called for Ruto’s impeachment, during a live interview with a local radio station.

“If we had operational institutions, there is no reason why the parliament of Kenya should not exercise their power under Article 145 and impeach the president. He has violated the constitution,” Muturi said on May 15, 2025.

“In his own admission, he has admitted that people were abducted and have now been returned to their families. How many were returned, by the way? Who ensured that they were returned to their families? Mr President, you seem to know that. Who had abducted them?”

The former Attorney General further said that Kenyans are tired of the current leadership, and that is why they expressed their dissatisfaction through protests last year.

“Maybe Gen Z actually had a point when they decided to overrun Parliament. They were actually exercising power under Article 1. Maybe they had a point, and we do not appear to have learnt,” he added.

“Those of us in leadership we have not interrogated what the Gen Zs were saying. They are just tired of the excesses within leadership, both in the executive and in the legislature and in the judiciary.”

President Ruto stopped picking my calls after the funeral of Lenny Kivuti's son. We haven't spoken since, and I don't miss it. I only used to call him when it was absolutely necessary. So I said, to hell with it! He is not someone I cannot live without. pic.twitter.com/AVUVXihEFC

— Hon. Justin Muturi, EGH (@HonJBMuturi) May 15, 2025