Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri on Tuesday became the latest recipient of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s wrath, which has of late been directed towards allies of Deputy President William Ruto.
The legislator was subjected to an angry tongue-lashing from the head of state, when the latter made a stopover at his constituency, after commissioning a cement factory in Nakuru County.
Uhuru chided Ngunjiri for constantly insulting and demeaning him, and his Building Bridges Initiative.
Shortly after Uhuru’s irate outburst, the controversial MP, who on Jan. 22 shocked Kenyans with his large hunting gun, took to social media to hit back at Uhuru, who he accused of focusing on irrelevant issues during the Bahati rally, instead of addressing unfulfilled promises given by the Jubilee government during the 2013 and 2017 electioneering periods.
On Wednesday, Ngunjiri tore the president down yet again in an interview with Citizen TV, where he dared Uhuru to provide evidence that he had indeed insulted him.
He further expressed his displeasure at the head of state’s audacity, of reprimanding him at the ‘doorstep’ to his home, in the full glare of his family.
In another interview with Royal media’s Inooro TV, Ngunjiri continued his onslaught against Uhuru in the Kikuyu language, likening the head of the Jubilee Party to pigs, which feed on their firstborns.
The Tangatanga die-hard asserted that in this context, he was Uhuru’s political firstborn, since he had been at his side from the president’s days at KANU alongside the likes of Koigi Wa Wamwere and Nicholas Biwott.
In response to Uhuru’s vow to continue with his unity driven BBI, despite strong opposition from Ruto’s allies, Ngunjiri told the president to step down from the helm of the country’s leadership, in order to avoid embarrassing himself by engaging in petty politics with MPS.
He added that if Uhuru preferred using force against those opposed to his viewpoint, there was nothing that he could do, adding that at least he had a heart that belonged to his family and to God, and that the President could hurt him physically, but he could never destroy his strong will.