If I were the Deputy President, I would stay away from responding to the President.
I would continue with my campaign programme.
Why?
The President has a brigade. If he responds, that brigade will hit back with more mud. Responding to the President will not add value to him.
Just as he has a brigade, which I know will be responding with insults to the President, the President has one too.
To me as an individual, if you aspire to be a president, portray yourself as such.
And you ask yourself, supposing it were me, would I be responding specifically to the President?
And how would I see myself if I receive such responses on my part if I were the President?
There is a tomorrow. There is a Waterloo for everybody.
Just as I do not understand why there was a fight between Raila Odinga and William Ruto, I do not understand why there is a fight between President Kenyatta and Ruto.
I simply do not understand.
What we see at the moment is that there is a common factor here — Mr Ruto.
So, Ruto should stay above his brigade and the President should also stay above his brigade.
We remember the days of the former President Daniel Moi. He would not respond to comments by people, but you would find a Chotara, Barng'etuny, Shariff Nassir —all high-ranking Kanu insiders and confidants of Moi — responding.
I would advise each one of them, beginning with Kenyatta, Ruto, Raila, Musalia Mudavadi, and all of them, stand firm in your statements.
To me, it looks like Mudavadi joined Ruto and has been given the duty of insulting Kenyatta.
There is nothing else he is doing. But that should not be the case. They should sell their agenda to the people.
But one thing I want to warn all of them, they must not make statements that will precipitate violence.
It does not matter. Be it Uhuru, Ruto, Raila or any other person, as a citizen of this country, I urge them not to make statements that will cause violence.
They must guard their tongues. They must weigh their language.
Former Cabinet Minister and MP spoke to the Star
(Edited by V. Graham)
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