By Patricia Mollyne Mataga
Former UDA national chairperson Johnson Muthama has expressed concerns over the current push and pull within the Kenya Kwanza coalition.
Muthama argues that the coalition, formed just before the 2022 general election was too young to witness the current cracks.
In a statement on his verified X handle, the former Machakos Senator noted that any issues among the leaders within the coalition should be resolved internally.
He also pointed out that the ruling coalition was formed on the basis of national unity hence the need for that spirit to be embraced through actions of the leaders.
“The Kenya Kwanza administration was formed on the foundation of national unity devoid of political deceit and President William Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua and other leaders came together for the sake of achieve this,” Muthama said in part of the post.
“As one of the leaders who worked tirelessly for the formation of this government, I believe our administration is still too young to have conspicuous cracks and in case there some teething issues, let us use our internal mechanisms to iron them without exposing ourselves the way it has happened recently,” he added.
The statement comes at a time when there have been fears of cracks among the leaders in the coalition.
In the last few weeks, a section of UDA politicians have been hitting out at each other, with one claiming there is a plot to undermine Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
The DP also accused some Rift Valley politicians close to the President of plotting to destabilize the Mount Kenya region.
However according to Muthama, the focus should now be on implementing the Bottom Up Economic Agenda as promised by the current administration.
“As leaders in this administration, let’s all focus on implementing our Botton-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). As Kenya Kwanza leaders, let’s avoid talking at each other and instead embrace talking to each other to solve our differences,” the former UDA chairperson said.