Former Mukurweini MP Kabando wa Kabando has said that the incompetence President William Ruto talked about at State House on Tuesday comes back to him and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua.
According to Kabando, Ruto and Gachagua's statements show that the country is in a crisis.
Kabando noted that the two are the people in-charge of running the country and that there is nothing Kenyans can do about it.
"Ruto was complaining today (Tuesday), what does he want us to do as citizens and he is the head of government? What does Rigathi Gachagua want us to do?... You can see we are in a problem, the incompetence talked about is not on the CS or the PS, it’s on the president and his deputy," he said.
Kabando also responded to remarks by Gachagua who explained why the government decided to cut down on the number of working days state officials can spend outside the country.
The DP had said that some officials were spending more time abroad yet they are expected to work for Kenyans in the country.
The former MP said the travels are approved by the President and funded by the tax payers.
He said Ruto and Gachagua cannot claim not to be aware of the trips by cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries.
"There is no Cabinet Secretary or PS who can exit the border of Kenya without a written permission from the president. Every time a CS or PS goes out of the country, they are facilitated by taxpayers, they are hosted by ambassadors of the countries they are visiting and have written permission to travel," Kabando said.
On Tuesday, the president put on notice CSs and PSs whom he said were not aware of what their responsibilities are, several months into their jobs.
Ruto said he had noted this from the interaction he usually has with them.
Gachagua on his part accused some state officials of having grown appetite for foreign travels.
He said most of them were barely in the country and sometimes changed clothes in airports while transiting to other countries.