Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi has criticised Mt Kenya Foundation leaders for conducting meetings in hotels.
Muturi said they should have held the meetings at the grassroots.
“You cannot stay in a hotel eating and claim to speak on behalf of Mt Kenya people, we respect the leaders but they should respect the people’s inputs on the kind of leadership they want,” he said.
“If they meet in the hotel and expect people to be happy, they are wrong. That is disrespect of the highest order.”
Muturi spoke on Saturday at Athiru Gaiti Primary School grounds, Igembe South where he was hosted by Seventh-Day Adventist.
On low voter turnout, Muturi said the issue needed to be looked at.
“Has the government distanced itself? It must find out what is causing low voter turnout and go back to the drawing board, ” he said.
On the formation of the Devolution Party of Kenya by Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi, Muturi said it was a good move.
“People should not say the formation of such parties is wrong because every party has its base. There is no mistake in DPK having its base in Mt Kenya East,” he said.
