{"id":113563,"date":"2025-04-12T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/ruto-to-sifuna-tread-carefully-or-be-disciplined\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T17:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:03:58","slug":"ruto-to-sifuna-tread-carefully-or-be-disciplined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-to-sifuna-tread-carefully-or-be-disciplined\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto to Sifuna: Tread Carefully or Be Disciplined\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 12 \u2013<\/strong> President William Ruto and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna traded barbs during the funeral of George Oduor, a long-time aide to ODM leader Raila Odinga, in Siaya County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The dispute centered on the government\u2019s alleged interference with a play performed by Butere Girls High School, titled Echoes of War.\u200b<\/p>\n

Sifuna took the opportunity to publicly address President Ruto, expressing his dissatisfaction with the actions of certain government officials towards the students involved in the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. President, Bishop has told us here that your work is very difficult, and I agree with him; sometimes I wonder how you sleep. But there are times, Mr. President, as the Swahili say \u2018mwiba wa kujitakia hauwambiwi pole\u2019There are people in your government whose keep making mistakes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Nairobi Senator didn\u2019t not desist from telling the President to read the riot act to those involved saying they are making his government more unpopular by the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, if all this drama we\u2019ve seen in Nakuru, where students are prohibited from performing, tear-gassed, or expelled\u2026 that\u2019s a self-inflicted wound. Those responsible for making your work harder, read them the riot act because we know your job is tough don\u2019t make it harder,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n

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In response, President Ruto warned \u00a0Sifuna\u2019s urging him to watch his trajectory and refrain from loudly castigating cognizant that he\u2019s a founder member of ODM and can choose to take radical measures against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have heard Sifuna speaking forcefully. When you talk about my matters, come slowly Sifuna, know that I am the founder of ODM, so proceed cautiously,\u201dthe President said,<\/p>\n

The President elaborated that he wields the powers to push for disciplinary measures against even as an outsider of the opposition outfit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started this thing. And you know, if you push me too much, I will convene a meeting of ODM\u2019s founding members\u2026 if we convene that meeting to discipline you, those of us who started the party. So let\u2019s proceed cautiously,\u201dPresident Ruto remarked.<\/p>\n

Within ODM, Sifuna has advocated for the party to maintain its identity and not merely align as a supportive faction of the ruling administration. <\/p>\n

He has cautioned against compromising the party\u2019s principles, emphasizing the importance of constructive criticism over sycophantic praise.<\/p>\n

Senator Sifuna has actively questioned and challenged government policies and programs that he deems ineffective. <\/p>\n

His interventions in Senate committees have sometimes led to heated exchanges with government officials raising concerns on his commitment to the broad-based government agreement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 12 \u2013 President William Ruto and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna traded barbs during the funeral of George Oduor, a long-time aide to ODM leader Raila Odinga, in Siaya County. The dispute centered on the government\u2019s alleged interference with a play performed by Butere Girls High School, titled Echoes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}