Nairobi County Senator Edwin Sifuna has told off Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after he hit out at government officials' terms over fuel prices.
Through an X post, Sifuna said there is no one in the Kenya Kwanza government who comes close to the DP, in terms of contempt of the people.
"You of the 'shareholders' fame? No Sir. Sit down. You make Moses Kuria and Ndii sound like page boys in comparison. They are at best, your students," he said.
"Maybe you sit this one out."
Sifuna was responding to Gachagua who had called out Cabinet Secretaries and Economic Advisors, for talking down on people, instead of giving them hope during tough times.
"Talking down on the people and demoralising those who look up to them for solutions and a way out of the difficult situation they find themselves in is not good leadership,” Gachagua said.
“Responsible leaders should be sensitive and inspire hope in the people for a better tomorrow."
Gachagua said that even though the leaders were not directly employed by the people of Kenya, they decisively elected Ruto as President who in turn appointed them ‘Cabinet Secretaries and Advisors’.
“And hence by virtue of this, they are employed by Kenyans. You do not address your employer with arrogance. Do so with humility and decorum,” the DP said.
“Kenyans, like the rest of the world, are going through difficult economic times and leaders should address them with sensitivity and empathy.”
Kuria had told Kenyans who are complaining about increased fuel prices to perhaps drill their own oil wells, as prices will increase by Sh10 until February 2024.
"Ukishinda umesema bei ya mafuta imeongezeka kutoka asubuhi mpaka jioni, si uchimbe kisima chako?" Kuria said.
(When you keep on complaining that the prices of fuel have gone up, why don't you just drill your own oil well?)
On his part, Ndii said he doesn't believe in politicians, nor does he trust the government.
"I’ve been advised that I owe the public empathy. I don’t agree. I do not subscribe to sentimentality in the conduct of public affairs. I owe my position in this society to speaking truth to power, brutally. I ruffle feathers," he said in an X post.