Deputy President William Ruto has indirectly asked opposition Chief Raila Odinga to retire from politics before he “collapses”.
Ruto on Tuesday told the press in Nairobi that time has come for the “elders” to retire.
This statement was indirectly directed to Raila who remains Jubilee’s biggest nightmare.
“I take this opportunity to tell our elders that retirement is a good thing. You don’t have to work until you collapse or fall,” said the DP as the Star quotes.
He added: “It’s good to retire when you can still sit, watch and see what you have contributed and how others want to do it.”
In October, Ruto together with President Uhuru Kenyatta jibed Raila saying he is old. They urged him to retire.
But in response, Raila said: “That Raila is old…whoever is saying Raila is old…look at a person and his policies. I won’t retire because [Deputy President William] Ruto said I should. I will when I decide to.”
He said he will only retire after Kenyans are delivered “from the jaws of Jubilee regime”.
Raila has promised his supporters to get them to the biblical “Canaan”.
Ruto also castigated some government appointees for developing a liking for many advisers who add no value.
“Some officials have more than five advisers at a go and the same advisers have some other advisers,” he lamented.
The DP in a separate event- while speaking at the farewell ceremony of SRC team following expiring of their tenure said Kenyans civil servants are the only ones benefiting from taxes collected from 40 million Kenyans.
“It is ironical that we generate money from 40 million Kenyans paying taxes but only 700,000 individuals consume more than half of it.
We need a high-performing public service…We want a country where everyone earns what he has sweat for. This will go a long way in solving the frequent industrial unrest and cases of de-motivated public servants.”