Former Machakos Senator has broken his silence on the possible reason he missed a cabinet slot.
The ex-senator, who is currently the UDA chairman, was one of the close allies of President William Ruto and it was expected that he could get a cabinet level position.
But in his take of the matter, the former Senator said the positions cannot be occupied by everybody.
He said if everyone who supported UDA part has to be rewarded, then the president will have to create a million positions.
"We are 50 million Kenyans. Putting into consideration who voted for the UDA is 50 plus 1 percent. So 49 percent we assume they did not vote for UDA. So that means to accommodate everybody who went to vote for UDA will qualify to have very serious positions. That means we will need to have 25 million positions," Muthama said in an interview with TV47 Sunday.
He added:
"Of that matter, if you take the number that voted for UDA of about 7.2 million people, you need that number of CSs. There are those who work for others to benefit. There are those who love this country so much that they cannot consider the contribution they make should be paid or be compensated. I am one of those who work and make others live well."
Muthama said he did not lobby for a cabinet appointment during his interactions with President.
He went on to exude confidence that he will soon get a position that will enable him serve Kenyans and promote National Unity.
"I am not worried. I never demanded to be a CS. But I want to assure you one thing, I would be in the leadership as I have been before playing a role that unite Kenya. I am getting something very soon. I am getting something that will make me in a position to play football as a distributor. As player number six."
