Aston Lukoye
Summary
- Kuria admitted that he has received many attacks from people and the media after losing his ministerial job.
- The former member of parliament for Gatundu South noted that the message was strong and threatening.
Moses Kuria, the former Minister of Public Service, has spoken out about the attacks that occurred after his dismissal from the cabinet early last month.
In an interview with Citizen TV, Kuria stated that he has faced several insults from the public and the media since leaving his ministerial position.
He described an event in which someone asked him whether he wanted to take a job as a mortuary attendant that was available.
“Someone texted me on my phone, offering me a job, and said, “Come over. Seriously, there is work at the mortuary. What do you think? Will you accept the money? “For the morgue, that is, someone called me to work as a morgue attendant!” Moses Kuria stated.
The former Member of Parliament for Gatundu South described the message as aggressive and menacing. He stated firmly that dealing with such attacks is difficult, and he recognized that they occasionally impact him because he is human.
In the interview, he also discussed his plans after being ousted from the Cabinet by President William Ruto.
Kuria stated that he performed a lot of work in his brief time as minister, but that he now wants to live a private life.
He went on to indicate that he considered Monday’s interview to be his last before returning to private life.
However, he stated that in his personal life, he will continue to advocate for Constitutional reform in the country.
“I truly want to have a private life. This is my final interview, thus I consider it an exit interview. Even when I return to my personal life, I will use my voice and strength to alter this Constitution,” Kuria stated.
The former minister stated that he was involved in the creation of Kenya’s Constitution in 2010 and that several elements had been added to it.
He stated that the provisions of the Constitution were inserted because the country had recently emerged from a period of enormous trauma and that they had been ignored.
He stated that some autonomous commissions, like counties, should be eliminated because they are not cost-effective.
“We incorporated items in our constitution because we came from a very broken background. Everyone desired “the independence of this commission, to have something of gender.” As a result, the issue of the commission and the independent office is one of the major sources of redundancy in government.
“I believe most of them should leave. We should consider independence, even if it is only on paper, to make people feel good. Counties should also be reformed. “Our counties do not have an economy,” Kuria explained.
Kuria has been pressing for amendments to the country’s Constitution since leaving from the Council of Ministers.
