Why Mutahi Ngunyi Should Be Allowed To Speak - Makau Mutua

Azimio la Umoja spokesperson Professor Makau Mutua has asked Kenyans to allow political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi to speak freely.

In a statement via Twitter on Monday, August 14, Mutua noted that Ngunyi’s revelations will make Kenyans better citizens.

He also argued that Kenyans adopted the 2010 constitution to allow freedom of speech.

“Let Mutahi Ngunyi speak! That’s why we fought for the 2010 Constitution. It can’t be a bad thing to demystify power and the state. His revelations will make all of us better citizens,” said Mutua.

This comes after Ngunyi came out to reveal that the former administration under former President Uhuru Kenyatta funded the Roots Party’s manifesto launch in 2022.

Speaking during an interview, Ngunyi said they wanted to irritate President William Ruto by having the Roots Party manifesto launch happening on the same day as Kenya Kwanza.

“We funded Wajackoyah’s manifesto launch and the way we did it is that we wanted it to be launched on the same day that Ruto was doing his launch and our thinking was Ruto has a choleric temper and we wanted to irritate him,” Ngunyi claimed.

Wajackoyah however denied the claims terming them baseless and an insult to the Roots Party.

“These remarks are baseless, unfounded, and serve as an insult to our party. Roots party is a National party and does not subscribe to tokenism, a field Mutahi Ngunyi holds a PhD in,” said Wajackoyah.

Lawyer Ahmednassir has also attacked Ngunyi over his revelation of the previous administration saying he has no respect.