We Have Challenges, We Shouldn't Lament As Gov't - Musalia Mudavadi

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has detested the lamentation depicted by a section of officials in the current government in the face of challenges facing the country. 

Mudavadi called on his colleagues to appreciate there being problems in the crucial sectors of the economy and work toward bringing solutions at the expense of constant whining. 

"Our position now as government is to acknowledge that we have a challenge, not to lament anymore. but to acknowledge that we have a challenge and then we work our way out of that challenge going forward," he said.

Mudavadi was addressing teachers on Saturday, December 16, during the KUPPET Annual Delegates Conference And Silver Jubilee Celebrations at the Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi.

The bureaucrats in the current administration have been laying blame on the state of the economy on former president Uhuru Kenyatta's regime.

For instance, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is on record accusing Uhuru of denting the economy and overseeing the massive theft of public funds that his successor got empty coffers.

Roads and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen accused Uhuru's administration of mismanaging the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) which has been having infrastructural challenges, including leaking roofs and faulty power generators.

On his side, Mudavadi, who also doubles up as the CS for Foreign Affairs, has been calling for the government to address the challenges bedevilling Kenyans devoid of blame games.

Immediately after President William Ruto formed the government, Mudavadi implored his colleagues to shelve lamentations and serve Kenyans.

The former ANC leader observed that trading blames in the public was taking up the time for development and that time would soon lapse before much is achieved.

Mudavadi called on his fellow leaders to desist from living in the past and rather live up to the expectations Kenyans have placed on them.

He spoke in Turkana county, where he had accompanied the head of state to issue relief food to locals stricken by hunger as draught ravaged.

"This blame game will not help. Elections are over Now, we must put that behind us because if we continue engaging in the blame game, the currency will end faster than we imagine. We must now move away from the blame game to service delivery," he said.