Wiper Party leader Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka in a past press briefing// Photo Courtesy.
Ahead of President William Ruto’s State of the Nation Address tomorrow in a joint meeting with the National Assembly and the Senate, Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has painted a true picture of the state, depicting that Ruto’s address will be fictitious.
According to the leader, the expected address tomorrow will be all lies.
In a joint press statement as People’s Loyal Opposition, Kalonzo has examined a few sectors and has therefore come up with what he terms as the actual situation in the country.
The leader claims that Kenya is a state that is brittle and on the verge of collapse.
Starting with democracy, good government, transparency and accountability, the Wiper leader said that the Kenya Kwanza Government has scored low on this area. He revealed that the Executive has captured other arms of government, that’s the Parliament and the Judiciary.
“Today, Parliament has lost its spirit of representing the people. With a few outstanding conscientious members, the remainder have been driven to the point where they no longer care that they are responsible for crafting laws for the people and keeping supervision over the Executive,” asserted Kalonzo.
According to Kalonzo, the National Assembly and the Senate, both answer to the whims of the Executive, with only a few proven legislators willing to go against the Executive’s plans.
He said that the Senators and the MPs face reprisal, such as exclusion from parliamentary committees and leadership positions, as well as various types of pressure and intimidation by the President, adding that President William Ruto’s advisors are deceitful.
“This is not the democracy that Kenyans fought for. If the people’s representatives are caged, there will be no transparency or accountability. If this tendency continues to be under a one-man rule-by-decree, we cannot accept this. Those pressing President Ruto to think this way are deceiving him, as are those dreaming of a term extension.”
He went ahead painting the true picture of how devolution is experiencing serious threats, outlining the recent stalemate in allocation of revenue to County Governments.
“ It is difficult to comprehend why there is a deadlock in a problem whose answer is plainly enshrined in the Constitution. The hand of the Executive is evident, as is its intention to deprive the counties of funds through pointless gerrymandering of the two Houses of Parliament.”
He appended that Ruto’s objective in this plan is to kill devolution, revealing that he did not initially support the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
“The objective is, without a doubt, to kill devolution. Those in power today never believed in devolution during the campaign for the Constitution of Kenya (2010). Now that they are in power, they see the chance to kill devolution altogether,” continued Kalonzo.
Delving deep inside the government, Kalonzo has also revealed that the National Treasury is used to spread lies concerning disbursement of funds, highlighting that the said disbursement of funds to counties has not been initiated.
“ It is deplorable that the Minister in Charge of the Treasury will arrange a news conference to give Kenyans obvious lies about the country’s financial situation, as well as to print deliberate falsehoods concerning cash disbursement.”
Kalonzo has also expressed his agitation on the hardships the citizens are going through, as caused by over-taxation and corruption. He underscored that the government has dishonoured the people’s plight and has left them to suffer, at the expense of their opulence.
“ As Kenyans suffer under the weight of the world’s highest taxes without service, Ruto leads one of the most luxurious and ostentatious governments, whose members continue to flaunt their questionable wealth even after the recent Gen-Z protests.”
The government, according to Kalonzo, is stretching its boundaries to expose Kenyans to threats through dubious contracts with shady offshore firms.
“We are aware of Adani’s deals at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and other airports, as well as their involvement in the SHA confusion and energy sector, all of which have entrenched local interests. Other questionable deals have entered the government’s ICT and data sectors,” warned Kalonzo.
Under the health sector, Kalonzo revealed that the health-care system is a complete mess, with public hospitals grinding to a halt. Additionally, private hospitals have been affected.
He exposed that Social Health Insurance Fund’s agenda, as well as other related schemes inside the Ministry of Health, may prove to be the most serious scandal in Ruto’s administration . From the onset, as according to Kalonzo, this project was fraught with questions that even senior Ministry of Health officials could not address. They carry the odour of corruption.”
Kalonzo also digged deeper unveiling how the government is destroying agriculture and food security through fake fertilisers, that hit the headlines last year, highlighting that 2025 will be a year of famine
On matters education, Kalonzo claimed that the sector is disorganised, with many schools lacking classrooms and necessary materials.
Additionally, Kalonzo asserted that university education at public universities is in shambles as the government cannot uphold the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) it has struck with university staff unions. For weeks, there has been no learning.
Ahead of the State of the Nation Address, the leader has also exposed President William Ruto’s scheme in delaying the process of reconstructing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Board (IEBC) commissioners, alluding that it is a plan to prevent Kenyans from recalling their defunct representatives.
“ This delaying tactic in order to prevent Kenyans from having a valid IEBC that will conduct by-elections for vacant national and county seats, as well as assist disenfranchised Kenyans in recalling their representatives and calling subsequent by-elections—that will change the composition of Majority and Minority parties across the country,’’ claimed Kalonzo.
The Wiper boss also criticised the President for violation of human rights. He says that Kenya has experienced some of the most severe human rights violations in its history under this administration, through abductions and extrajudicial killings.
The Independence of the media has also been compromised, as he has claimed that there has been recurrent intimidation of journalists on duty and punitive laws to the media.
He went further claiming that the church has also been attacked in their bid to present their voices against some vices by the government.
Ahead of the address that Kalonzo said will be fabricated with lies and painted with roses, he has concluded that the country is in a bad situation.
“The malaise is pervasive. From agriculture to transportation to health to education to energy, poorly thought-out policies created for self- or vested interests have brought our great nation to its knees. There have been tremendous layoffs and unemployment, and uncertainty and misery are the norm. This is the real state of the nation; a failing nation, not the purple prose you will be subjected to in Parliament tomorrow,” reiterated Kalonzo.
