Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Geoffrey Ruku speaking during a funeral service at Kiang'ondu in Chuka Igambang'ombe Constituency, Tharaka Nithi County on Friday.
Leaders from Mt Kenya East, led by Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku have declared that there is no turning back in their push for the area’s economic and political independence.
They said the initiative was also calculated to ensure the region receives its fair share of national resources and development without being an appendage of any other region..
Ruku said the region had already made an overt and unmistakable political choice to remain firmly in the Kenya Kwanza government.
He added that Mt Kenya East leaders and the general population were not moved by the outcome of the just-concluded Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election that saw a DCP candidate win over the UDA candidate.
Ruku spoke during a funeral service at Kiang'ondu in Chuka Igambang'ombe constituency, Tharaka Nithi county, on Friday.
The CS, however, added that leaders and residents from Mt Kenya West enjoyed the constitutional right to make their own uninfluenced political decisions.
"We are not worried about the results of the Ol Kalou by-election. Mt Kenya West can do whatever they wish, but as Mt Kenya East, we have already made our decision to be in government,” he emphasised.
“We will remain in government and continue supporting President William Ruto and his deputy, Prof Kithure Kindiki, for a second term in office," Ruku said.
The region's quest for greater economic and political independence, he added, was intended to strengthen its bargaining power and ensure equitable distribution of development projects and resources.
Chuka Igambang'ombe MP, Patrick Munene, reiterated that leaders from the region would continue championing the interests of Mt Kenya East residents.
"We will not tire in pushing for the economic and political independence of Mt Kenya East so that our people can get their rightful share of national resources and opportunities,” he said.
He stressed that the unity of the people of Mt Kenya East keeps them committed to ensuring the region benefits from government development programmes.
The leaders urged residents to remain united behind a common political voice that would enhance the region's influence and help accelerate development across Mt Kenya East as it maintain support for the Kenya Kwanza administration.
