Ruto wants to be president for life – Oburu Oginga

Says he has demonstrated this by 'buying' opposition MPs.

In Summary

• The senator was speaking in reference to a visit by eight ODM  and 32 lawmakers who visited Ruto at State House, Nairobi, last week.

• The elder brother of ODM leader Raila Odinga claimed that the actions of the President tell a story of an individual who wants to rule forever.

ODM Bondo branch chairman and Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga (center), Branch vice chairperson George Mawere and new branch secretary and East Yimbo MCA Francis Otiato on February 13, 2023.
ODM Bondo branch chairman and Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga (center), Branch vice chairperson George Mawere and new branch secretary and East Yimbo MCA Francis Otiato on February 13, 2023.
Image: JOSIAH ODANGA

Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga on Monday claimed that President William Ruto is seemingly following the leadership script of Uganda's longest serving President Yoweri Museveni.

Oburu said that the tactic of 'buying' opposition MPs, which he claimed Ruto has adopted, is one used by Museveni.

"Ruto is busy buying MPs of Jubilee party and now targeting ODM members yet he says he wants to be oversighted by a strong opposition," Oburu said.

The senator was speaking in reference to a visit by eight ODM  and 32 Jubilee lawmakers who visited Ruto at State House, Nairobi, last week.

The elder brother of ODM leader Raila Odinga claimed that the actions of the President tell a story of an individual who wants to rule forever.

"This is a way of consolidating power in the hands of an individual and making sure that he creates dictatorship, the type of Museveni of Uganda so that he becomes a life president and Kenya becomes a one party state like in Uganda," Oburu said.

The legislator noted that in Uganda, the Opposition is only existing in name but in practice, they have been subdued.

Oburu spoke during the expulsion of Bondo MP Gideon Ochanda as the ODM branch secretary on Monday.

He said that Ochanda had fallen victim to Ruto's antics.

Ochanda and seven others from the ODM visited State House last week sparking contemptuous reactions in their backyards.

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