What Kuria intended to be an apology was sarcasm – Sifuna

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has dismissed the apology rendered by Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria following his remarks that Kenyans should drill their wells to get cheaper fuel. 

The Senator claimed what Kuria intended to be an apology was sarcasm saying no one saw the remorse in his apology. 

"That tweet from Moses Kuria was not an apology. Nobody in this country read that as an apology. We can tell sarcasm from a mile. We know for a fact that was not an apology," he said. 

Sifuna said the way that people in power relate with Kenyans tells whether they draw their mandate from the people or some other force. 

He spoke on Thursday during an interview with Citizen TV. 

"If you know for a fact that you were elected by the people and that your mandate draws directly from them and that they have a way of affecting your continued stay in that office, then you will not speak to them that way," he said. 

In his opinion how the trade CS and the President's economic advisor addressed Kenyans shows that they do not draw their mandate from Kenyans. 

In his apology on Wednesday morning, Kuria said that he had been advised by Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale and his master that his remarks were incorrect and insensitive.

The CS went on to say that he has now been made to understand the price of fuel will drop, hence his apology.

"Dear Kenyans. On Friday, September 15, I made some comments indicating that the price of fuel is likely to go up in the coming months owing to global dynamics. I have since been advised by people like Dr Boni Khalwale and his master that the statement was incorrect, insensitive and arrogant. I am made to now understand that the price will come down. I apologise profusely since to err is human," Kuria said.