Azimio La Umoja youth have cautioned coalition politicians against rushing to be accommodated in the ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
Jubilee youth chairman Advice Mundalo said Azimio needs to provide sufficient checks and balances to President William Ruto’s administration.
“The beauty with the success of a regime is that both those who voted for it and those who didn’t thrive. This only happens with the government having two sides to it,” he said.
In a statement, Mundalo said Azimio leaders should regroup and provide the necessary checks and balances to the regime.
The remarks come barely two days after Africa Gospel Church Kenya bishop Robert Langat said the country requires a vibrant opposition to keep the government in power in check.
Langat urged Ruto to allow the Opposition to thrive and asked him to stop preying on its members, saying for his government to thrive and become more productive, it requires a strong oversight.
Several Azimio La Umoja- One Kenya Coalition leaders have since decamped to the Kenya Kwanza side.
But Ruto has pledged to work with the country’s opposition to ensure oversight of his administration.
“I will work with the opposition to the extent that they provide oversight over my administration,” Ruto said when he was declared the winner on August 15.
Azimio lawmakers have been decamping to the Kenya Kwanza side since Ruto was declared winner of the August 9 presidential election.
They include Mandera Senator Ali Roba and seven MPs elected on his UDM party ticket alongside two governors.
Movement for Growth and Democracy led by Ugenya MP David Ochieng has also since decamped to Kenya Kwanza.
The parties were affiliates of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party led by Raila Odinga.
Former Kisii county governor James Ongwae, an ally of Raila, also led a delegation from Kisii and Nyamira counties to Ruto’s side.
On Thursday, Mundalo said he will be leading a brigade of the youth in providing oversight to Ruto’s administration.
“I invite young people to join us as we strive to make the country a better place for all of us for such is the hope for our flagbearer Raila Odinga and Jubilee party leader and chairman Uhuru Kenyatta,” he added.
Mundalo noted that in every election, there will be a myriad of issues and realities the opposition will peg their loss on.
“If Kenya Kwanza lost today, they would also have a lot of blame game to do and maybe, it could be worse,” he explained.
“The 2022 election is done and dusted and as tough as it might have been, the country has a fifth Commander-in-Chief.”
