(VIDEO)Senator Omtatah Tells Ruto To Resign Honorably Despite Cabinet Sacking
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has reiterated his call for President William Ruto’s resignation, despite the head of state dissolving Cabinet on Thursday as a first step toward addressing administrative inefficiencies.
Speaking on the Senate floor on Thursday, Omtatah emphasized that the shortcomings of the ruling regime should not be attributed solely to the sacked ministers, but also to President Ruto himself.
According to Omtatah, the captain should accept responsibility and go down with the ship.
The fish rots from the head#RutoMustGo
— Okiya Omtatah Okoiti (@OkiyaOmtatah) July 11, 2024
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“The Cabinet has been dissolved but that is like putting balm on a wound. What we demand or what I personally think is ready to happen is that the entire Kenya Kwanza administration, led by President Ruto, must vacate power. I am demanding that President Ruto vacate office; it’s the only honourable thing to do,” said Omtatah.
“Everything around him (Ruto) has collapsed. So you cannot say that his juniors should bear the burden. The ball stops with him and the call that President Ruto must go is a call that must be applied and as they say a fish begins rotting from the head.”
Omtatah also cited the multiple protester deaths recorded in June during the height of the anti-government demonstrations, as well as Ruto’s subsequent statement after the demonstrators breached Parliament Grounds on June 25.
Ruto described the breach of parliament as treasonous, vowing to crack down on the protest organizers and financiers, whom he labelled criminals, at “whatever cost.”
“The call that Ruto must go is not an idle call; it is a call whose time has come. Mr. Ruto told us that criminals were on the streets; he has not produced a single criminal and we cannot be told lies every day. Justice is crying out, our children have died and this is something that has never happened in Kenya,” said Omtatah.
“The president has called them criminals and he cannot continue sitting in power when children have died and he said “we’ll do anything at whatever cost” when the constitution says you can’t do anything at whatever cost.”
The Busia Senator went on to say, “My call is to join those calling for the President’s resignation. There isn’t enough room here for everything we’re doing; let’s start fresh. Anything less will not be sufficient to avenge the blood spilled on our streets!”
(VIDEO)Senator Omtatah Tells Ruto To Resign Honorably Despite Cabinet Sacking
