Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has told off Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka over his recent remarks alleging Kenya’s involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict.
Mudavadi termed it sad that a leader of Kalonzo’s stature would make such remarks.
“Kalonzo's attempt to seek to link President Ruto with the issues in DRC is not only an attempt to overstretch his political witch hunt for the Head of State but also reckless, especially for a leader who served for a long time as a Minister of Foreign Affairs and was supposed to understand better the DRC dynamics,” he said.
The Prime CS insisted that the issues affecting DRC are age-long and historical and have been canvassed by the previous leaders in the region since the 1960s to date.
Mudavadi said Kenya has nothing to do with the conflict, save for wanting peace and stability in the East African country.
“The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has nothing to do with Kenya or its leadership. We do not share borders nor do we have any interest in DRC other than peace, stability, and prosperity for its people.
“It is therefore regrettable that Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka in a clip doing rounds in social media insinuates that President William Ruto is part of the problem in the crisis in DRC,” he added.
A few days ago, Kalonzo dismissed President William Ruto’s efforts in DRC peace talks, saying Ruto had failed to support Uhuru, his former boss, when he was the East African Community’s peace envoy.
“When Ruto took over, the mistake he made was removing Uhuru Kenyatta as the chief mediator. He refused to facilitate him and the whole thing went to Angola. How does Ruto think he can solve the DRC crisis yet he has failed in Kenya?” Kalonzo posed.
The situation in the DRC escalated about two weeks ago when the M23 rebel group took over the city of Goma in Eastern DRC.
Their victory followed heavy gun fighting with DRC army.
