Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has faulted ODM Party Leader Dr Oburu Odinga for daringly advising President William Ruto to exercise benevolent dictatorship.
Speaking in Matungulu North Ward, the deputy governor expressed his shock for a leader of Dr Oburu’s calibre — whose young brother Raila Odinga spent most of his life fighting for democracy of kenyans — would want Kenya to be a dictatorship.
On Wednesday, July 8 while at State House Nairobi, Dr Oburu advised President Ruto to exercise benevolent dictatorship to successfully achieve his leadership goals.
The Siaya Senator said bold leadership is necessary to secure Kenya’s economic future.
“I encouraged the President to occasionally employ a level of ‘benevolent dictatorship’ to stand firm, cut through the political noise, and make the hard, bold decisions necessary to achieve the absolute best for all Kenyans,” Oburu said.
But Mwangangi is having none of this. “It is so shocking for one of the great Raila’s political family member to unleash such a trash before Kenyans who believed in the family’s defence for democracy.”
Mwangangi called upon Dr Oburu to withdraw the statement and apologise to Kenyans to safeguard the reputation of Odinga family’s political legacy.
He said despite his honourable advanced age, Dr Oburu who replaced Raila as ODM Party Leader should maintain the status quo of what the late leader believed in in terms of democracy.
