Chama Cha Kazi Party Leader Moses Kuria and a former immediate advisor to President William Ruto has come out in defense of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta after allies of President William Ruto criticized the former head of state for his recent remarks on governance.
In a statement on Saturday, Kuria said Uhuru had every right to voice his opinions and to continue promoting Jubilee Party in his capacity as party leader.
“Uhuru Kenyatta has every right to express his views about everything and anything. Uhuru Kenyatta has every right to promote Jubilee Party as the Party Leader. I stand with Uhuru Kenyatta,” Kuria stated.
His comments came a day after Kenyatta used the Jubilee Party’s National Delegates Convention (NDC) in Nairobi to deliver one of his most candid critiques of the Kenya Kwanza administration since leaving office in 2022.
Addressing party delegates, Kenyatta argued that many of the warnings he issued during the 2022 campaign had since been validated by current events.
“Some of the truths we spoke of yesterday have become the realities of today,” he said.
He cited the rollback of key social programmes such as Linda Mama, a maternal health initiative, which he claimed had been replaced by “untested” policies that left citizens exposed.
“Today, many of the gains we had in the past have been eroded. Linda Mama and others replaced by new untried, untested schemes, and while we wait for these experiments to work, Kenyans suffer and our progress is retarded,” he told delegates.
Kenyatta also took aim at the divisive rhetoric that dominated the last election, saying it had drowned out substantive debate.
“In the last general election, I tried to pass this message, but it fell on deaf ears, and it fell on myths of dynasties and so on,” he said.
The former president further urged Jubilee delegates to back reforms designed to strengthen internal structures and shield the party from past political interference.
“Our first mission was to pass amendments to the party constitution to ensure machinations of the past will not be used to hold back our progress,” Kenyatta explained.
He called for the inclusion of young leaders and individuals of integrity in the party’s leadership, arguing that ethical and compassionate leadership was key to restoring public trust.
“Men and women, especially the young in mind and spirit… men and women of integrity who can be entrusted with our future,” he said.
Kenyatta stressed that governance required balancing innovation with respect for lessons learned, noting that ignoring past mistakes often leads to failure.
