‘I am not interested in serving as Cabinet Secretary’ – Kimani Ichung’wah units file straight on being fronted for Interior CS
‘I am not interested in serving as Cabinet Secretary’ – Kimani Ichung’wah units file straight on being fronted for Interior CS
Thursday twelfth December, 2024 07:55|
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Kikuyu Member of Parliament Kimani Ichung’wah has dominated out becoming a member of President William Ruto’s Cabinet in a bid to consolidate the Mt Kenya area.
Speaking to a neighborhood TV station on Wednesday evening December 11, 2024, the Leader of the Majority defined that he was not interested in serving as a Cabinet Secretary.
The vocal lawmaker maintained that his job is properly minimize out for him as a member of parliament in addition to the Leader of the Majority.
“I am not interested in serving as a CS. I have a well-cut-out job in serving as the MP for Kikuyu and I believe I would offer my energies better in the National Assembly as leader of the majority given the opportunity by my coalition, therefore you are not looking at a cabinet secretary here,” Ichung’wah informed the native TV station.
Turn down Ruto’s supply
At the identical time, Ichung’wah revealed that in 2022 President William Ruto approached him and requested him to pick any cabinet slot he wanted.
However, Ichung’wah disclosed that he turned down the supply and knowledgeable Ruto that he was solely involved in advancing the federal government agenda by serving because the Leader of the Majority within the National Assembly.
“In 2022 President William Ruto asked me to tell him what cabinet position I wanted and I told him that I wanted to be the leader of the majority in the National Assembly,” Ichung’wah revealed.
His sentiments come after a bit of Kenyans on-line questioned why Ruto had not appointed Interior Cabinet Secretary following the elevation of Abraham Kithure Kindiki to function Deputy President.
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is nevertheless serving because the Interior CS till Ruto makes a recent appointment.
At the identical time, Ichung’wah dismissed claims that the Mt Kenya area has shifted following the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
This was after the native TV host requested if his appointment as substantive Interior CS would assist Ruto’s administration regain the misplaced floor within the Mt Kenya area which voted for him overwhelmingly through the 2022 elections.
However, Ichung’wah insisted that the area remains to be intact regardless of Gachagua’s ouster.
On the current assembly between President Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta at Gatundu, Ichung’wah insisted that it was an excellent political transfer geared toward uniting the nation additional.
