Stop this 'Ruto fixing' debate, Mudavadi warns Jubilee and CORD leaders

Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has told Jubilee and CORD coalitions to immediately stop the debate on the International Criminal Court ICC case facing Deputy President William Ruto.

He said the ongoing debate on who allegedly fixed Ruto to end up with the ICC case at The Hague could cause animosity in Kenya.

Speaking at a hotel in Voi town, Taita-Taveta County on Saturday, Mudavadi criticised the two coalitions of engaging in petty debate at the expense of addressing pertinent issues affecting Kenyans.

During his tour of the region, he held a consultative meeting with over 100 former civic leaders. He also received more than 100 UDF delegates from Voi, Mwatate, Wundanyi and Taveta constituencies.

"Jubilee and CORD coalition's leaders should immediately stop the Ruto fixing debate. The debate we should be having now is how the government can pay teachers 50-60 salary increment," he said

“Other pertinent issues the two coalitions should engage is the improvement of the poor infrastructure, tackling high poverty and unemployment levels and deteriorating insecurity in the country,” he added.

"The Ruto fixing debate will not assist Kenyans. It is instead fuelling hatred and raising political temperatures in the country. Jubilee and CORD Coalitions leaders should disengage themselves from the Ruto fixing debate and instead concentrate on nation building," he advised the two coalition leaders.

Recalling the intense negations that ended the 2007-2008 post-election violence, the former Deputy Prime Minister said that anyone who knows the effect of violence can never attempt to incite Kenyans into violence.

"We do not want to go that way again. Kenyans want peace and politicians should move away from extreme positions that will not only be detrimental to peace but also bring turmoil in the country," noted Mudavadi.

The ANC party leader was accompanied by among others former Voi MP Basil Mwakiringo, National party chairman Kelvin Lunani and Kwale MCA Suleiman Salim Nzala.