Ruto wanted Uhuru to fire me, Wamalwa now claims
Eugene Wamalwa, the ex-Defence Cabinet Secretary, stated that President Uhuru Kenyatta personally selected him for the Cabinet, despite apparent reluctance from his deputy.
Reflecting on the challenges he faced during his tenure alongside the Deputy President in the previous administration, Wamalwa disclosed that the Deputy President sought his removal from the Cabinet immediately after his 2018 appointment.
Due to this disagreement, he took his oath of office weeks later than his counterparts.
“President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed me minister but William Ruto was opposed to my appointment,” he said.
“I stayed out of office for weeks because Ruto didn’t want me in the cabinet. I was sworn into the office alone and I’m the only CS whose swearing-in ceremony he failed to attend.”
‘Ruto fired me’
“I am the only CS who took oath of office alone, I’m asking Ruto why he attended the swearing-in ceremony of all the other cabinet secretaries and failed to attend my swearing-in; I was sworn in by Uhuru Kenyatta alone,” he said.
Wamalwa asserted that his association with Ruto deteriorated in 2018 when he refused to submit to the Deputy President’s expectations of deference or submission.
“I took a delegation of Western leaders to State House. That is when my war with Ruto started and he told me to tender my resignation letter, If it were not for Uhuru Kenyatta, I want to tell you there would have been no Luhya in Uhuru’s cabinet because Ruto sacked me in 2018,” the CS added.
“I have not said this for some time because I know how to persevere, Ruto is a man I respect but it is now the ideal time to say the truth we know about him.”
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Ruto wanted Uhuru to fire me, Wamalwa now claims
