The Cracks between Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and his deputy
seems to be widening further after the governor launched a fresh scathing attack on Nyoro.
The two have been at loggerheads for some time now with Nyoro accusing Waititu of running the government alone without involving him. Their differences came into public limelight during a church service attended by Deputy President William Ruto last year after Waititu accused Nyoro of “making too much noise”.
While launching the tarmacking of the seven-kilometer Juja Farm road to be constructed by the county government at a cost of Sh278 million on Friday, Waititu described Nyoro as a ‘cry baby’, who is always in the media complaining of being sidelined in the county matters.
He said that the deputy should eat a humble pie and apologize to him for failing to defend him over the controversial County audit report that was presented to the Senate recently.
The county boss said that instead, Nyoro ganged up with his political nemesis to tarnish his name and reputation through the media by peddling falsehoods about the county’s financial expenditures.
According to a section of residents, the cracks were expected as Waititu and Nyoro went into the elections on an alliance formed not on principles but on the drive to dethrone former governor William Kabogo.
“He is my deputy and I thought he would be the first person to come to my defence when I appeared before the Senate Committee. But I was shocked to see him joining my political opponents to lynch me,” Waititu said.
However, Waititu’s style of leadership has already received criticism with leadership experts saying it could expose the county to tough times ahead.
At the same time, Waititu dismissed claims by Bishop David Ngari alias Gakuyo that the latter funded his gubernatorial race with money from his troubled Ekeza Sacco which has already been put under receivership.