Will Ruto’s Tanga Tanga movement outlive the test of time?
For sometime now, Tanga Tanga movement has been seen as a movement out to jeorpardize President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big 4 agenda.
The movement that is led by DP William Ruto has often been criticised in the manner in which it carries it’s operations with a number of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s loyalists calling on it’s members to slow down on it’s activities.
A section of leaders from Mt Kenya and another group dubbed Diaspora Leaders Forum have now renewed attack on Tanga Tanga group, accusing movement leaders of disobeying presidential directive to halt early campaigns.
At the weekend, the battalion of lawmakers drawn mostly from central Kenya camped at Kangema in Murang’a County where they dared those in the Tanga Tanga group to either respect President Uhuru Kenyatta or quit the Jubilee Party.
The function was attended by several lawmakers, among them Maina Kamanda (nominated), Ngunjiri Wambugu (Nyeri Town), Paul Koinange (Kiambaa), Muturi Kigano (Kangema), Naomi Shaban (Taveta) and a host of Nyeri and Muranga ward representatives.
Former Dagoreti South MP Dennis Waweru said Tanga Tanga group leaders in Mt Kenya region had forgot ‘too fast’ how they hung on the President’s coattails to be elected, warning them to comply with Mr Kenyatta’s directive to stop early campaigns.
“If they think their master can assist them secure their elective positions, let them resign and seek fresh mandate under their master,” Mr Waweru said.