Ekuru Aukot, the leader of the Thirdway Alliance, has written to President William Ruto, requesting that he be transparent, face prosecution, or resign.
Aukot has listed the three main issues in the letter, using Ruto’s famous ‘ mambo ni matatu’ phrase, and has asked the president to address them as he begins his second year in office.
Aukot has threatened to go to court if cost and revenue records are not made available to Kenyans online within 30 days.
The politician has asked the president to accept responsibility and resign from his cabinet if his administration does not serve the public good.
Telling the President that he should lead transparency from the front because he is a beneficiary of the same through the electoral commission’s public portal, Aukot told Ruto to be open.
”Kenyans are worried that you are in a perennial campaign mode and they are wondering how much public money is being spent on these trips,” Aukot says.
In the spirit of transparency, Auko says there should be full public disclosure of the money being spent on the bipartisan talks.
”We are also interested to know the total public money being expended on the so-called Bomas bipartisan talks; Kenyans want to follow these transactions on a daily basis,” Aukot said.
The politician argues that Kenyans are concerned that the management of public funds continues to remain a secret affair of a few individuals.
”Kenyans are not able to know even how tenders for basic office supplies like stationery are allocated,” Aukot argues in his letter dated September 15, 2023.
”It is with tremendous respect that we deliver this message directly to you as the head of state and government.”
Aukot has told the President that the poor masses, whom he referred to as hustlers during campaigns, remain a social-ticking time bomb that could explode anytime if urgent solutions are not found.
The leader urged Ruto to uphold transparency in matters affecting the public, starting with the dialogue
At the same time Aukot has petitioned parliament to amend the Public Financial Management Act so as to compel the government to avail all its public expenditures online.
He wants the National Assembly and the Senate to make it criminal for any attempts by government officials to stall the online government accounting system.
