By VITALIS KIMUTAI
Leaders from Rift Valley have reacted differently to secret US cables on Kenya released by Wikileaks.
Mosop MP David Koech, nominated MP Musa Sirma and Kanu Secretary-General Nick Salat said the leaks would strain relations between the two countries.
"The US Government should either take full responsibility for the reports or tells us whether it was the work of a rogue Ambassador (Michael Rannerberger) acting on his own," Koech said in a statement.
Koech said the report should be a wake up call on Kenya to protect its sovereignty and avoid undressing herself before foreign countries in the way of releasing classified information.
Sirma said the information would strain relation between Kenya and the US.
"There is no question about it, the report has caused a lot of damage on the way Kenya and the US relate. It has revealed a nice talking diplomat who has been backstabbing us," said Sirma.
Anti-reform
Salat said there would no longer be mutual respect between the two countries as a result of the secret cables, depicting President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga as anti-reform.
"With more revelations expected on Kenya, it surely will not be business as usual," Salat said.
Mr Ken Wafula, the chairman of the NGO Council, defended US saying the information on Kibaki and Raila being anti-reformists were true. "There is no question about that. The two principals are in their positions because of a flawed electoral process and impunity that has refused to die. They have also been stumbling blocks to fundamental reforms," said Wafula. Wafula said the US Government was also right about corruption and drugs.
The cables from the US embassy depict President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga as beneficiaries of impunity.
