by BRIAN ORUTA
Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale now says that he will not go back to politics, as earlier promised.
The CS said this because he is keeping his word that he would retire once William Ruto is elected President.
Speaking on KBC, Duale said he is now retired and President Ruto made it easy for him, when he got him out of the National Assembly to serve in the Cabinet.
“I at one time said I will quit politics when William Ruto becomes president. He has made my life easy. When he became president he removed me from parliament and made me the Minister for Defence and I am a good Muslim so I am not going back to politics. I have retired.
“I have said in public that I will retire when Ruto becomes president. He has become president and I cannot put a reverse gear,” he said.
The Defence CS noted that before the August 2022 elections, he had informed Ruto that should they have lost, he would continue to serve Kenyans in other capacities within the National Assembly.
According to him, he believes parliament has the ability to transform Kenya to be a better country.
“Even before the election I told him if you don’t become president and we lose the election, I will join parliament and maybe become chairman of the Public Accounts Committee or become a ranking member and speak for the people of Kenya.”
Duale said that being a long serving member of parliament, he knows the capabilities of the legislature.
In August 2019, Duale who was at the time Majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale said he would quit politics if then Deputy President William Ruto became president.
Duale said he could even serve as a clerk in State House if Ruto won in 2022.
“If I have people whom I have respect for and I could work with it’s (Uhuru) Kenyatta and Ruto. But my candidate for 2022 is William Ruto and I even said it and I don’t know why you are not quoting me that when Ruto becomes president I will retire from politics. If he becomes the president I can even serve as a clerk in State House,” he said.
Source: THE STAR
