Monday, November 13, 2023 –Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has expressed his willingness to support William Ruto’s government.
On Monday, November 13, the ex-Mungiki sect leader said the current regime need to be given some time to make economic changes and added that it was too early to expect drastic changes now.
Public Service CS Moses Kuria with Maina Njenga(right) in a meeting held on Monday Nov 6[/caption]
Departing from his critical view point, Njenga who has not been seeing eye to eye with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, noted that he was in full support of Ruto’s mission to oversee a peaceful Kenya.
The now reformed sect leader, therefore, used his Monday November 13 interview on Meru FM to urge the country to wait for a better Kenya in due time.
“Let us work hard and stop complaining every time. If we elected this government, let us give time to them to see the results,” Njenga stated.
He observed that, as much as life was turning unbearable due to the skyrocketing cost of living, it was equally important to have hopes that this will get better.
“I did not support this government but now that it was chosen, we cannot have people saying it’s not the right way,” Mr. Njenga stated.
The now turned pastor also noted that those who had lost the election in 2022 should now focus on supporting the government in place because it was democratically elected.He also added that he had made a decision never to demonstrate against the current government of William Ruto.
“We have agreed that we will preach peace. I want to see a peaceful country,” he explained.
Njenga is part of the group of opposition leaders who were recently arrested planning protests across Nairobi.
Asked why he was now supporting the regime that tormented him, he said this was a normal course the world over and he cannot hold bad blood on the account of his past arrests.
Njenga has been with Raila Odinga on the streets and always differed with this government for what he had, not once, termed as dictatorial.
It is not clear as to whether the ongoing National Dialogue talks played part in his new decision to work with Kenya Kwanza.