Former Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungu has alleged that the Meru community is being excluded from senior government positions despite its numerical strength.
The former Cabinet Minister said that despite the Meru community ranking position five in the order of the population of the country's main tribes, the community has gotten what he termed as a raw deal in government.
In a terse statement, the veteran politician called on President William Ruto's Kenyan Kwanza administration to consider the community's numbers and appoint its sons and daughters to government.
According to Kiraitu, the Meru community has suddenly disappeared from government over the last few years, a situation he said has forced him to come out and speak for his people.
"Our problem is, how come Meru suddenly disappeared from Kenya's political map? We are number five in providing a multitude of votes for any government,'' Kiraitu claimed.
The former minister claimed that the Meru people are unhappy that in the latest appointments by President Ruto, the Meru region did not get any slot.
"If it was not about a Cabinet position how come we did not get even an ambassador appointment in this government? Our people are very unhappy,'' Kiraitu said on Saturday.
"We are saying that the Meru people are tired of being taken for granted by this government and Meru people will not be political nomads any more.''
He said Meru people are yet to reap benefits from the government despite the massive votes saying they played a major role in the Kenya Kwanza victory.
"Meru people want to be treated equally with other people, with other regional blocs, we have a right to be in this country just like the others have a right,'' Kiraitu said.
"We are not asking to be favoured more than others, but what we are against is being discriminated against, we have always voted correctly and our people are worried that President Ruto seems to have quickly forgotten.''
The former minister said that the community wants to be given its equal share in government given the role its votes played in the formation of government
"Time has come for us to chat our destiny, we want to give the President the benefit of the doubt, we want to analyse these issues and the underlying causes throughout Christmas,'' he said.
Kiraitu said the Meru people will convene consultative forums next year that will climax in a political declaration that will provide a roadmap on how the community will engage with others going into the 2027 polls.
