Take Back Murkomen's Wife If He Doesn't Build Road- Ruto To Nyeri Residents [VIDEO]

President William Ruto on Monday, August 7 threatened to mobilise Nyeri residents to repossess Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen's wife and children should he fail to build a road in the area.

Speaking during a roadside address in Mukurweini in Nyeri County during his five-day working tour to the Mt Kenya region, Ruto revealed that Murkomen's wife had hailed from the vote-rich region.

While launching the Ichamara-Rutune Road, the Head of State instructed Murkomen to ensure that the project is complete, failure to which he would give the green light to the residents to take back one of their own from him.

Ruto alluded to a crude lesson to the CS that a woman leaves a marriage alongside the children in the event it falls apart.

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"I instructed Murkomen and I heard that you have words with him, I heard that he is a Muthoniwa from here. I told him that if he does not fix this road, you take back his wife alongside his children.

"When someone brings mediocrity don't you pay him/her back with mediocrity? I told him that here when a woman leaves, she leaves with the children and he will have none," Ruto stated.

Ruto's Conditions To Raila Before Accepting Talks

During the same address, the President set two non-negotiable conditions for resuming talks with Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga, even though both Azimio and Kenya Kwanza settled on their negotiation teams, further expressing doubt about Raila's intentions, which might be a major contributing factor as to why the talks have been delayed.

Ruto directed that the talks should not get to a point where he would be compelled to share power with his political foe, expressing relief that Raila's recent declaration that he is not looking for a share of the government. 

The President also made it clear that the talks could only resume if Raila unconditionally withdrew the option of calling for protests, despite Raila threatening to resume the protests in 30 days if Ruto does not demonstrate seriousness in the talks

"If we agree that there is no handshake, and there is no violence, then we can proceed as a country and discuss the rest of the things," he affirmed, adding that the discussions would not bear fruit if the opposition persisted in leading protests that could result in the loss of lives and destruction of property.

Should Raila agree to the two demands, Ruto promised he would have a sit-down with the former prime minister to discuss issues raised by the opposition which include reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) Selection Panel.

Kimani Ichung'wah Gives New Date For Talks

Meanwhile, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah revealed that he called his Azimio counterpart, Kalonzo Musyoka, and agreed on a date for resuming ceasefire talks.

"Today in the morning, I talked with former Vice President, Kalonzo Musyoka. We have agreed that Wednesday, August 9 at 11 am, we shall meet at Bomas.

"We shall not meet in a hotel, I told them we do not have money for tea. We shall sit at Bomas and discuss the issues affecting Kenyans, the five issues listed," he revealed.

Ichung'wah further remarked that any additional issues raised by the opposition shall be respectfully discussed by both parties, apart from the cost of living, which he assured Azimio that the Kenya Kwanza administration was working to address.

"The people of Kenya 'hired' you Mr President to lower the cost of living and you have done so by slashing the cost of fertiliser and the price of cooking gas. You have done more through the Finance Act that they are fighting in court," he added.