Kalonzo attacks President Ruto, accuses him of dictatorship

Kalonzo has raised issue with the President's Mashujaa Day speech that raised issues such as public private partnerships (PPP) in water provision and the lifting of the GMO ban as critical matters that require inclusive decision making.

Accusing Ruto of dictatorship, Kalonzo claimed the President is running a one-man show where he is presenting his personal ambitions as country's policies.

"We are staring at the emergence of a personalised dictatorship in which a leader decides to avoid constrains and beelives he does not need to consult anyone on decision making... We are seeing a leader's personal philosophies, fears and ambitions being presented to the country as policies. It is a one-man show,"

Kalonzo has also questioned the president's directives on the DCI’s Special Services Unit, asking for answers on who wrote the report used to execute the purge.

"Who prepared the report leading to the ongoing purge of the DCI? Who decided that we can manufacture fertilizers jointly with a neighbouring country or build dams on a PPP basis?" posed Kalonzo.

"Ruto appears to be shifting fundamental decision making from the government to himself and perhaps actually to his party. We fear that these events are early insight into the intentions of Kenya Kwanza leadership and administration."

The Wiper leader is warning that the president's decision making has become a one man show and will chip away at the consultative leadership models adopted by his predecessors Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta, as well weaken institutions of governance.

"Ruto is steadily moving away from the more collective and collegial leadership style characteristic of his predecessors," said Kalonzo.

He was addressing the media on Friday, October 21, 2022 after a meeting with Azimio politicians.