{"id":13861,"date":"2020-09-04T18:31:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T18:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13861"},"modified":"2020-09-04T18:31:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T18:31:37","slug":"murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto","title":{"rendered":"Murkomen slams CS Tobiko for disrespecting DP Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Mireri Junior\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday night hit out at Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko over what he termed disrespect to Deputy President William Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>In a bare-knuckle attack, Murkomen described the former Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as a non- performer who was given a soft landing at the environment docket because he could not deliver as a DPP.<\/p>\n<p>In what is likely to fuel the Jubilee wrangles further, Murkomen said CS Tobiko (pictured)\u00a0 had no moral authority to lecture DP Ruto, saying he is a small person in the Jubilee government compared to Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Tobiko you are a mere clerk in Jubilee government. You forget so fast that you became a CS because the President was trying to get rid of you from the office of DPP. You have no moral authority to lecture your boss the DP even if he is being molested by his boss. First, try to be MCA,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The fiery senator also accused Tobiko of using State resources including Cabinet secretaries to campaign for his sister Peris Tobiko (Kajiado East MP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I understand Tobiko\u2019s right to protect the sister, I wonder why he is using state resources including, CSs Mutahi Kagwe and Fred Matiang&#8217;i to promote nepotism?\u201d he posed.\u00a0The former Jubilee Majority Leader in the Senate\u00a0also questioned President Uhuru\u2019s silence as\u00a0Cabinet secretaries tear into his deputy in public functions.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cHas President Kenyatta lost control of his cabinet? CSs insulting his Deputy and each campaigning for themselves and their relatives. Terrible,\u201d Murkomen said.<\/p>\n<p>In what appeared to be an all-out fallout in the ruling party, Tobiko while in the company of his Interior and Health counterparts Matiang\u2019i and Kagwe tore into Ruto for campaigning for 2022 instead of serving Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when the trio visited Kajiado East in Thursday, Tobiko challenged the DP to shelve the 2022 campaign through his Karen office delegations and instead help President Uhuru serve the nation.\u00a0\u201cThe office of the President is still not vacant, we still have two years away to 2022, why are people hosting delegation at Karen,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Mireri Junior\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday night hit out at Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko over what he termed disrespect to Deputy President William Ruto. In a bare-knuckle attack, Murkomen described the former Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as a non- performer who was given a soft landing at the environment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[5529,3009,696],"class_list":["post-13861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-environment-cabinet-secretary-keriako-tobiko","tag-jubilee-wrangles","tag-kipchumba-murkomen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Murkomen slams CS Tobiko for disrespecting DP Ruto - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday night hit out at Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko over\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Murkomen slams CS Tobiko for disrespecting DP Ruto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday night hit out at Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko over\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-04T18:31:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/murkomen_slams_cs_to5f51e7d6b1cab.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Murkomen slams CS Tobiko for disrespecting DP Ruto\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-04T18:31:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto\"},\"wordCount\":361,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/murkomen_slams_cs_to5f51e7d6b1cab.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko\",\"Jubilee wrangles\",\"Kipchumba Murkomen\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/murkomen-slams-cs-tobiko-for-disrespecting-dp-ruto\",\"name\":\"Murkomen slams CS Tobiko for disrespecting DP Ruto - 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