The government has no intention to change the structure of the Executive, Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju has said.
Tuju said those
propagating this agenda are misguided and unfair.
“There are those talking about the possibility of having a different Executive structure. But as far as we are concerned, and at this point iin time, our focus is jobs ... opportunities for our young people ... prosperity for our people”, he said at a hotel in Ol Kalou on Wednesday evening.
He addressed reporters after meeting members of the
Nyandarua Assembly and Executive including the Governor, Speaker, MCAs, County Executive Committee members and Chief Officers.
The Executive is made up of the President, DP and the Cabinet.
There has been speculation since the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga on March 9, for the sake of unity and development.
But DP William Ruto said the deal
is not aimed at creating the position of Prime Minister.
He told off politicians on Sunday, saying they were misinforming Kenyans about the deal and trying to mock voters.
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Tuju said the Jubilee leadership will not derail from the Big Four Action Plan on food security, afordable housing, manufacturing and universal healthcare.
Therefore, he said, neither him nor any person in the party needs to take part in debates about changing the structure of the Executive.
“That is something too thin to stand on. I will fall," he said, adding only economic growth factors matter.
Tuju gave the example of Nyandarua county which produces 34 per cent of the potatoes in the county.
In areas such as Kinangop, the potatoes go to waste and are given to cows, while in
Ndaragwa children are going without food thereby suffering stunted growth.
“Then, for some reason, you want to tell me that what some people talked at funerals about the structure of the Executive. Is that what should be occupying my head? I think you are not being fair," he said.
"I DON'T KNOW IEBC GUYS"
Regarding troubles at the IEBC, the Secretary General said the law should be followed.
He said the current team was a creation of
transitional law negotiated at Windsor Hotel and that the jury is still out on whether this was right or wrong.
"The Jubilee stand for now is that the law must strictly be followed," he said.
"The law has enough space for the country to manage any kind of transition. Following the law is what saved the country from destruction after the results of the
August 8, 2017
presidential election
were nullified by the Supreme Court."
Tuju said he did not have a personal opinion on whether the three remaining IEBC commissioner should resign "for the simple reason
that I don’t know these guys. I know them only by name, not as individuals, so [I cannot] pass a value judgement that so and so should resign."
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On the 2022 general election, Tuju, who is also a Cabinet Secretary without a portfolio, said politicians engaging in the succession debate "have absolutely no power" to determine what will happen.
“I have a lot of admiration for some of these people because they know what’s going to happen next week while I don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. Those who can actually talk about 2022 and predict exactly what will happen have certain gifts from God that I was not endowed with," he said.
Tuju was with Jubilee's Central Coordinator Susan Maina and her Coast counterpart Swale Kandera.