Nandi Senator Cherargei now says the government should stop giving former President Uhuru Kenyatta perks normally reserved for retired presidents, following his announcement that he will remain in politics.
“I have listened keenly to Uhuru’s address at Jubilee NDC and realised he is still in denial and suffers from selective amnesia issuing impotent threats against imaginary enemies,” the Senator said via Twitter on Monday.
“Uhuru has confirmed he is not retiring from politics then the Presidential Retirements Benefits Act should kick in by withholding/stopping 100% perks entitled to a retired President.”
Cherargei was responding to Uhuru’s earlier announcement at the Jubilee Party National Delegates Committee meeting, in which he claimed he had changed his mind about officially retiring from politics due to ‘intimidation’ from rivals attempting to push him out.
Speaking at the party’s NDC at the Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi, Uhuru said he was ready to retire from active politics after passing the mantle to President William Ruto last year until some unnamed people started intimidating him.
“I wanted to shelve politics, but there are others who have decided that their work is to force and intimidate. Today, I want to tell you that, you can’t do that to Uhuru Kenyatta,” he told delegates.
“We handed over power in peace, publicly and in broad daylight. I stayed quiet even when they insulted me, stole my goats and set my farm on fire, all while thinking I was being threatened,” he said.
“Mimi nasema waendelee.Chama Iko na wenyewe na Mpaka waniambie wako tayari ndio nitawachilia.”
