National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah issued a compelling call to President William Ruto during a church service in Embakasi West on Sunday, urging him to “shake off the viper on your hand.”
Ichung’wah’s remarks were laden with biblical references and aimed at highlighting the obstacles President Ruto faces in his leadership journey.
“When we read in the book of Acts 3:28 that when Apostle Paul got to Malta with a shipwreck and many people swam to the shore and as they were putting up the fire, as you read all the way to 27, a snake twirled around his hand,” said Ichung’wah.
“Looking at that story I have seen how the President has gone through alot, he found an economy in a wreck, and just when he was ready to warm up Kenyans a viper comes and coils itself on his hand.”
“Take heart. All the names you will be called, all the insults you will receive, just get this country to the shore safely,” he said.
“Don’t be afraid, shake off the snake. That viper on your hand, the viper, the snake in your government, please shake it off. Not for your own sake so that it doesn’t bite you. Shake it off so that your hand may do what the Lord purposed that hand to do.”
In recent weeks, Ichung’wah has targeted several individuals he believes are undermining Ruto’s administration, intensifying his rhetoric against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
The tension between the two leaders has boiled over as Ichung’wah criticizes those who promote tribal and religious divisions, attributing this discord to ongoing political maneuvering in the Mount Kenya region.
Allegations have emerged suggesting that some political figures are pressuring the President to distance himself from Gachagua, further escalating the power struggle within the ruling party.
