{"id":13705,"date":"2020-09-01T17:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T17:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13705"},"modified":"2020-09-01T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T17:31:26","slug":"be-wary-of-those-out-to-buy-you-matiangi-warns-mcas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/be-wary-of-those-out-to-buy-you-matiangi-warns-mcas","title":{"rendered":"Be wary of those out to buy you, Matiang\u2019i warns MCAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Stanley Ongwae<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i yesterday warned Members of County Assembly from his backyard against being lured into dividing the community.<\/p>\n<p>Matiang\u2019i told\u00a0Nyamira MCAs\u00a0to read the sign of the times and keep the focus on \u201cbigger things\u201d.\u00a0Matiang\u2019i likened some leaders, whom he said had defied the community\u2019s political unity, to the Biblical story of Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for soup.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks ago, MCAs\u00a0were torn between going to Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s home in Karen for a meeting and another one that was planned in Nakuru by a section of MPs opposed to the DP.<\/p>\n<p>Only 12 MCAs and three MPs attended Ruto\u2019s function while 21 MCAs opted for the Nakuru one.\u00a0\u201cYou can go there just as a hotel and drink soup, but remember not to sell your birthright for that soup. Remember not to be like Esau,\u201d he told the MCAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can visit and drink his soup but do not overstay there. Come back home and let us plan our issues together as a community.\u201d\u00a0Talking in metaphors, he said President Uhuru Kenyatta had a lot of goodwill for the community and was willing to work with them.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur president is full of promise and at an opportune time, he is going to surprise us, I believe,\u201d the CS said.<\/p>\n<p>In an eventful day in the county which he said is his backyard, Matiang\u2019i met Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama and County Commissioner Amos Maroba at their offices before addressing MCAs at the county assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He also held a security meeting with provincial administrators where he requested for moral support in his execution of national duties.\u00a0He then addressed mourners at the burial of chief Jane Matara\u2019s brother at Tombe village.<\/p>\n<p>Matiang\u2019i told the MCAs to prepare themselves for the forthcoming National Leadership Consultative Forum, which is slated for this month.\u00a0Nyamira Senator Okong\u2019o OMogeni said Opposition leader Raila Odinga had already hinted at supporting Matiang\u2019i for the top job and asked the people to support him fully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respected leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nyamira Woman Rep Jerusha Momanyi told the residents to support Matiang\u2019i as he seeks to rise to a political seat he never mentioned.\u00a0\u201cThis is a respected leader nationally whom we have vowed to support to the last minute until we see him where we want him,\u201d Momanyi said.<\/p>\n<p>Nyagarama called upon politicians from the Gusii community to come together and speak in one voice in support of the CS.\u00a0\u201cWe have our own and the team of leaders from Gusii can make him what other communities want him to become,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Stanley Ongwae AfricaPress-Kenya: Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i yesterday warned Members of County Assembly from his backyard against being lured into dividing the community. 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