Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has urged Public Service counterpart Justin Muturi to consider resigning if he is no longer satisfied with his government role.
Speaking on Citizen TV on Monday, Wandayi emphasised the importance of using internal government channels to address grievances rather than airing them publicly.
According to the CS, criticism of the government is a “strange phenomenon that can only exist in Kenya.”
“As a member of the cabinet I have more than enough avenues to voice my opinions or to express myself within the executive framework,” he said.
He highlighted that if he were to disagree with the government’s stance or policies, the appropriate course of action would be to resign.
“If for whatever reason I disagree with the position taken by the government or I disagree with the direction the government is taking, or the government's policies, I can only do one thing, quit,” Wandayi said.
Wandayi’s remarks come after Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale voiced similar views and urged Muturi to resign.
Speaking on Sunday, Duale stated that Muturi is one of the few privileged persons in the country who have direct access to President William Ruto.
He insisted that Muturi should have raised his concerns about the abduction in the Cabinet as the President always asks anyone with a pressing issue to raise it once Cabinet deliberations are done.
Recently, Muturi went public urging the government to put an end to abductions in the country saying this should no longer be taken as normal that young Kenyans are being killed and no action is being taken.
Muturi said he chose to speak boldly about the alleged abductions because his own son was abducted on June 2022, at the height of Gen Z protests by unknown people.
"It must be remembered that I was the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya at the time, yet I was unable to trace my son despite making several requests and demands to all levels of the security apparatus. I can't keep quiet because I'm a member of the Cabinet," he said.
Muturi also called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry to probe alleged enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the country.