Mbeere North Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Ruku has instructed President William Ruto to streamline the issues affecting his administration.
Speaking during an interview with K24TV on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, the legislator, whose comments come amid Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment motion, stressed that the president should immediately address national issues including the Adani-JKIA deal, and the recently rolled out Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) among others.
He asserted that MPs will play their part by ensuring that the government is held accountable, and all crucial matters are addressed urgently.
The MP, without outlining implications, strongly emphasized that the Head of State needs to get his house in order.
“As a holder of a state office, it is high time that we know that we’re holding these offices in trust of the people. These are not our offices, and moving forward we are giving notice to the president that all the issues that are not going properly in the government must be streamlined, we will be demanding in the National Assembly to see the things are implemented most appropriately,” the MP said.
Adding;
“If there are issues with Adani, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health. We will be demanding very soon in the National Assembly to see that things are implemented in the most appropriate way because that’s what the people want.”
The MP also shared his thoughts on Gachagua’s impeachment motion saying the DP cooked his own goose through his sustained tribal comments.
“I represent a very marginalised community and when a state officer smacks arrogance that a community like Mbeere cannot get services from the government because we are few in terms of tribe, then the people I represent am sure they cannot work with such a person,” he said.
Gachagua was impeached yesterday after 281 MPs voted for his removal while 44 backed him and one abstained, the DP faced 11 counts of impeachment revolving around gross violation of the Constitution, abuse of office and corruption.
