Bunge la Wananchi president Calvin Okoth has announced that he would never support President William Ruto politically.
This is even as he now says that he is ready to engage with Ruto, adding that he is open to talks if the Head of State needs him for such.
But he has said that even after the meeting he will still continue to criticize the government, declaring that he cannot join Kenya Kwanza.
“He should give me room to criticise his work and not ask me to support him politically. I want to know why our people in the slums are still suffering and why the youth are not employed,” he said on Thursday.
He made the remarks while clarifying that he is not a member of Raila Odinga’s Azimio La Umoja though he has been close to Raila.
He said that as a representative of slum dwellers, this is the only thing that can connect him with Ruto and not political affiliation.
“When President William Ruto calls me, it should be something open. I will meet him, I am just the Bunge president and I represent the people living in the slums. I am neither in Kenya Kwanza nor Azimio,” he said.
by: Otieno-Onguko