Former Cabinet secretary and presidential adviser Moses Kuria has urged Kenya Kwanza leaders to refrain from fuelling ethnic tensions, warning that inflammatory rhetoric risks destabilising the country.
In a strongly worded statement on social media, the former Gatundu South MP condemned what he described as the “broad-brush condemnation” of the Kikuyu community following the impeachment of former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua.
Kuria, who once served as trade minister and later as an adviser at State House, appealed to leaders to focus on building national cohesion rather than scapegoating communities.
“Yesterday in Mbalambala, Aden Duale declared in broad light that 2027 will be like 2007 — the good, the bad, and the ugly, I presume,” Kuria wrote, referencing remarks by the health cabinet secretary during a rally in Garissa County.
He added: “I call upon all leaders to play back their speeches every evening and do some soul-searching, not because of ourselves but because of our children.”
Kuria singled out senior figures within Kenya Kwanza, including Duale, Uasin Gishu senator Jackson Mandago and Tiaty MP William Kamket, accusing them of perpetuating divisive politics. “From Kamket to Mandago to Aden Duale, some of us have unapologetically said no to returning this country to the politics of negative ethnicity,” he said. “We equally reject the wholesale condemnation and collective punishment of an entire community. Do not drive our backs against the wall — a point of no return may lead to unintended consequences.”
His intervention comes amid weeks of heightened political rhetoric. In July, Mandago faced criticism for comments deemed ethnically charged. At the weekend, Duale accused Gachagua of stoking tribal divisions, declaring: “The days of entitlement — that one community is more important than the others — are gone. That ended with the new Constitution.”
