I Don't Need It- Ichung'wah Denounces Reports Of Replacing Kindiki As Interior CS
Ichung'wah maintained that he had yet to complete the task which Kenyans had assigned him to do upon election
Marvin Chege 
National Assembly Majority Leader, Kimani Ichung'wah has refuted claims that he is aiming to replace Kithure Kindiki as Cabinet Secretary (CS) of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration.
Speaking in Rabai, Kilifi County on Monday, October 21, the Kikuyu MP emphasised that he had a job to do in his current position in the August House, shutting the door on the possibility of landing a role in President William Ruto's Cabinet.
Ichung'wah maintained that he had yet to complete the task which Kenyans had assigned him to do upon election to represent the Kikuyu Constituency and that claims of him eyeing the Cabinet position were meant to create confusion amongst Kenyans.
“I have heard there are many things that have been said here, one of the politicians has suggested that I should become the Interior CS. But I want to say that I have a job and I don't want people to get confused,” Ichung’wah said.
President William Ruto received by Kimani Ichung'wah at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on September 15, 2024. /KIMANI ICHUNG'WAH
“I do not need the job of a minister, I have a job that I was given by Kikuyu constituents and these MPs also gave me a task in the National Assembly, I want to continue with this job so that we can bring development in Rabai and other parts of the country."
Ichung'wah then congratulated Members of Parliament for successfully impeaching former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua but was quick to note that it was not done out of hate by MPs towards him but for the sake of the people of Kenya.
He also affirmed that the impeachment motion tabled by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse to oust Gachagua was not so that Ichung'wah could seek a higher position in President Ruto's administration.
"You saw I led the impeachment motion in the National Assembly and I want to thank our MPs because we worked together. And it is not because we hated an individual but because we loved the people of Kenya rather than individual interests. I did not do that work so that I get another job," Ichung'wah stated.
Ichung'wah was forced to clarify the allegations after a politician urged the Kikuyu MP to take up the Interior CS position following Kithure Kindiki's nomination as the deputy president.
Kindiki was picked to replace Gachagua who was ousted by both the National Assembly and the Senate in an expedited process that took nearly a week.
Consequently, Kindiki's nomination was approved by the National Assembly on the same date as his nomination, paving the way for his swearing-in.
However, the swearing-in hangs in limbo after Gachagua's legal team moved to court to oppose the impeachment which put his political career on the brink of a permanent end.
