Lawyer Nelson Havi has criticized Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale following his interview on Citizen TV on Sunday, February 2.
In an update on Monday, February 3, the lawyer argued that Duale should focus on his executive role rather than engaging in political debates.
Havi took issue with Duale’s continued involvement in political discussions despite his current government position, suggesting that he was struggling to separate his past legislative role from his new responsibilities.
“He should have remained in Parliament if he wanted to continue being political. He cannot have legislative nightmares and hangovers as a Cabinet Secretary,” Havi remarked.
During the interview, Duale debated various issues including claims by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that cabinet secretaries were just 'flower girls' in President William Ruto's government.
Read More
"Do I look like a flower girl? Flower girls are good by the way. A whole former DP is calling the cabinet flower girls. It is very immoral, it is very irresponsible to say that a cabinet is a rubber stamp, they are flower girls. The person who never contributed anything in cabinet meetings is the former DP," Duale responded.
Duale also discussed former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's African Union chairmanship bid, arguing that Raila's win will be critical for the government and people of Kenya.
"Why do you want him to lose? The kind of campaign President Ruto has done for our candidate, this is a very critical office for the people of Kenya and for the government of Kenya. Raila is going to win that seat. Raila has done enough campaigns, 9 heads of state were here last week, all of them confirmed voting. I know there are many people who don’t want Raila to leave local politics, they always use him as a guinea pig. Without Raila Odinga, there are people whose careers will come to an end," he stated.
Additionally, Duale has been on record calling out Ruto's critics including his Public Service counterpart Justin Muturi whom he called for his resignation.
"So, I really want to tell our colleagues that we must respect you, and if you are very unhappy and you are a CS, the best thing for you to do is to resign. It is not fair for you to engage in a very unhealthy, inappropriate altercation with your appointing authority, the president," he said.
