Uhuru’s Cousin Kungu Muigai Blasts President Kenyatta on Live TV: “You Are Embarassing Us”

Captain (Rtd) Kung’u Muigai, the first cousin of President Uhuru Kenyatta, has accused the Head of State and William Ruto, his deputy, of humiliating the nation by engaging in pointless public altercations.

“Let me start by saying that the President is my younger brother and I’ve known his deputy for close to 40 years. They are like my younger brothers. I am so distraught by their actions in the recent past as that is not what I taught them.”

“I brought Uhuru to the council of elders and showed him certain ideologies that ought to be followed. They are embarrassing Kenya as they are leaders of this country. To date, I am yet to understand the exact issue between them. I have asked both of them from time to time. When they insult each other, the younger generation is watching them, how will they perceive them?” he noted.

“I do not want to talk about the slapping remarks as he stated jokingly to the point that the elders cheered. It was taken out of context so let’s focus on what ails in this country and this is not it.”

“I have always said that if there is a problem, then there are elders who are fit to solve the issues. As for the slapping remarks, I cannot remember Ruto saying those words, as to me it is not important. People should not take this as their campaign arsenal. I am his relative and I myself was not perturbed by it,” Muigai stated.

The retired KDF captain, who is Senator Beth Mugo’s younger brother, has officially endorsed Ruto, claiming that as an elder, he could not break the President’s 2015 vow of “yangu kumi ya Ruto kumi.”

“When Uhuru introduced Ruto to the Mt Kenya people, many people loved the DP and have kept him in their hearts. The people still love Uhuru but we have told him we will not follow him in this election – much as we love him – we do not like where he is taking us,” Kung’u told NTV.

The DP’s comments regarding the almost-slap event sparked discussion among their adversaries, who criticized the presidential candidate of the Kenya Kwanza coalition for making such statements.

“They are now secretly recording people and sharing it all over that Ruto pushed the President. Did you want us to allow him to leave the seat which we woke up at 5 am? Allow me to ask, when Maraga nullified the elections and ordered that we should go for a repeat, did you want him to drop his bid. Would you have allowed him to leave us in the dark after all we did to ensure he wins the seat?” Ruto defended his statement.