Stick to your lane! Kindiki, Wetang’ula tell Muheria

 

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula have castigated Catholic Archbishop Anthony Muheria for equating the Kenya Kwanza administration to an advertising agency.

Kindiki said the government is mandated by the Constitution to tell Kenya about its development progammes and plans.

“It is our duty to inform the country our planned activities. We must tell Kenyans when those activities are being implemented and to inform the country after those activities have been implemented,” he stated.

Wetang’ula asked Muheria to stick to his lane, and use language that unites the people.

“It is very difficult to rattle people and for them not to answer you back, sometimes in a manner that may not be appropriate,” he stated.

Wetang’ula added that by stating that the government is not an advertising agency, Muheria could have not read the Constitution well.

“As a government, we have a duty to continue broadcasting whatever we do for all Kenyans to know.

The two made the remarks at the burial of Mzee Kingi Mwaruwa Mkweha, the father of Senate Speaker Amason Kingi, in Kilifi County on Friday.

Mzee passed away on February 9, while receiving treatment at the ICU of Pandya Memorial Hospital, Mombasa.

Kindiki regretted that government church leaders are of the view that top government officials should talk less about state projects.

“Let us not us not bring politics to development issues. We must not mix politics with development,” Kindiki insisted.

The remarks by Kindiki and Wetang’ula come hot on the heels on a statement by Catholic Archbishop Anthony Muheria who asked the government to reduce its “public advertisement” and focus on development.

“There has to be less rhetoric. We have to stop advertising and act. The government seems to be constrained to an advertisement of government, advertisement of government projects, advertisements of plans,” the Archbishop of Nyeri said.

“Government is not an advertising agency. It is an agency that implements actions. That’s what we want to see,” Muheria added.

Muheria urged the government to focus on implementing projects rather than merely announcing them.

“Stop advertising what we should do, will do, or have done. Instead, focus on mobilising people, resources, and experts. We have great capacity, even within our leadership in government, to deliver—especially for the poor,” he stated.