Africa-Press – Kenya. Former ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has said that he does not have regrets about supporting Raila Odinga for the Presidency in the August 9, polls. Mucheru, while speaking on Citizen Television’s Weekend feature, said that his support was a form of loyalty to his boss.
“No, I would not regret it at all. At a personal level, I was appointed to this government by President Uhuru Kenyatta and it would be the highest point of betrayal if I actually don’t support him,” he said.
He said that as a Kenyan citizen, an individual, and a Minister, he had a say in where the country was going. Mucheru said he did not support Uhuru’s decision to back Raila because he wanted to but because he trusted his judgment.
“The things we did, the plans we had and all the things that he wanted were actually good for the country and as the Minister for information, I knew that,” he said.
On Raila losing the election, he said: “If people decide that’s not what they want then you move with what people say. So I have no regrets about my stand and my position,” he said.
He said he owes a lot to President Kenyatta because he loves this country and did a lot for this country. Mucheru said that he could tell from the many things they were doing, it was because he wanted things to change for the better.
“So I don’t have any regrets as far as that is concerned, I am very okay with the position I took. I have not changed my position,” he said. He added that now we are not in an election or politicking season but a season to work.
“We have a country that we need to see develop, that we need to grow and so we wish the government that Kenyans have chosen all the best,” he concluded.
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