Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has called on Kenyans to respect the Presidency as an institution and symbol that unites the country.
Mudavadi said Kenya will thrive and prosper when the institutions that give guidance are respected, nurtured and protected.
“The most critical institution in our constitution is the Presidency. There are many ways to guard and protect the Presidency, you can do it in a very specialised way, the way our security does it.
You can also do it by being a dedicated public servant and maintaining dignity and decorum in that office. As a citizen, you can also protect the Presidency by respecting the constitution and the rule a law,” said Mudavadi.
“We need to ask ourselves, in our society today, do we see Kenyans who are ready to guard and protect our institutions?” he paused.
Mudavadi was speaking in Trans Nzoia County and urged Kenyans not to destroy their institutions, for they hold a great place in the future of the nation.
He warned that the biggest threat to any nation is when critical institutions are dismantled and undermined not function.
“Many think that the biggest threat to a nation is terrorism, no. You try to touch the guiding institutions and see where the country will be,” he cautioned.
Mudavadi also emphasised the need for the country to remain united, urging Kenyans to shun the culture of lies that breeds division, misinformation and waters down the progress of honesty and truthful facts.
“Let us discourage this emerging culture where Kenyans are believing in lies, always talking lies, eating lies, sleeping lies and waking up in lies, let us be modest and truthful for the sake of the future of this country,” urged Mudavadi.
He regretted that leaders have now become at the centre of misleading the citizens and spreading falsehoods, especially against the government.
“The other day, we went with the President to the funeral mass service of the Pope. It was a very solemn and dignified moment, and honourable in broad daylight.
This is the symbol of the Catholic Church, being graciously respected by the whole world, over 50 Heads of State, 10 Monarchs, more than 100 Heads of Government and the Catholics had organized themselves with extremely elaborate protocols on how they received the Heads of State who were assigned Bishops to usher them and lead them where they were designated to sit. It was very orderly, then unfortunately, some senior politicians in Kenya started peddling lies that candles were being given to the President and that the candle of President Ruto went off.
And I said we have a lot of problems, this was in broad daylight, and how on earth will you be lighting candles when we have all those Heads of State, that could be a very serious security risk,” explained Mudavadi
“It struck me and I said we have degraded to the lowest level, particularly as leaders, to go and stand in a church and lie over a very solemn moment. Until you ask yourself where do we want to go as a country and what we are looking for?” regretted the Prime CS.
Mudavadi was attending the funeral service of Mama Judith Mwaitsi Maloba, the sister of Joseph Busiega, the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary in Sitatunga, Kitale in Trans Nzoia County.
