An angry former president Uhuru Kenyatta has dared president William Ruto to arrest him. Speaking on Friday evening, the former president said that strange men in vehicles had attempted to raid the home of his son at Karen in Nairobi.
The former president said that this was the latest veiled attack on him and his family after police guarding his mother’s home in Muthaiga were withdrawn.
“If anyone wants me, the fact that I am silent does not mean that I am afraid. Come and get me. What has my mother got to do with it? What do my children have to do with it?” said Uhuru.
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He also cited an incident in which cabinet secretary Moses Kuria threatened that he would go and relieve himself at the former first family’s home.
“All of these things are flowing in a row. I have a whole minister of government saying that he’s going to do I don’t know what in front of my mother’s house. I have people who have been guarding my mother for the last 50 years withdrawn at night. I have now a situation where my son’s home is being raided for things that I don’t understand,” he added.
“So I ask myself, what does this government want? Because if it wants me, the fact that I’ve been silent doesn’t mean I’m scared, come for me.”
Uhuru further denied claims made by the government that he is funding the protests that are being held by the Azimio la Umoja coalition under former prime minister Raila Odinga.
“I ignored it because I wondered how. What does the issue that Kenyans are talking about have to do with me? Have you seen me at these events? Have you seen me speaking about these events? Now you are saying that because of my association with Raila, I should not talk to my friends? Is that a crime in Kenya today?” said Uhuru.
“What does my mother have to do with anything? What do my children have to with anything? Kama shida yenu ni mimi, I’m here. They know where I am 24/7. Why all this, intimidate a 90-year-old woman and children? If it is me you want, come and tell us what you want.”
