By KPC Reporter
Senator Richard Onyonka has publicly declined an invitation to attend President William Ruto’s function in Kisii tonight.
Ruto is expected in the County from whence he will lead Kenyans in bidding bye the year 2024 and ushering in 2025.
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The President will address the nation from Kisii State Lodge.
“I will not be attending the State New Year – Eve Dinner at the Kisii State Lodge, on the evening of Tuesday, 31st December 2024, in my capacity as the Senator of Kisii County,” Onyonka said in a statement.
There has been a scramble for invitation cards to the function, with some who were lucky to get them, taking pictures and sharing them online.
Onyonka said he would give the presidential event a wide berth in solidarity with distressed Kenyans due to ongoing incidents of abduction and other evils in the country.
“I’m uncomfortable with the idea that some of us will be normal, happy and excited with color and pomp when other Kenyan families are agonizing in pain looking for their loved ones to share during this season, but in vain,” Onyonka said.
He noted that the year 2024 was tumultuous and painful for Kenyans.
The Senator said that the ongoing abductions, corruption and violation of the people’s rights, especially to young Kenyans “is sad and painful to many.”
“It’s sad to remember our past. It means Kenya is going back to factory settings; indeed, history repeats itself.”
Onyonka who has not had kind words for Ruto administration lately said that the President had given Kenyans a deaf ear.
“Kenyans have asked, begged, and pleaded with President Ruto to which he has given a deaf ear,” he said.
“We have always expected and hoped that the president would uphold the rule of law, but this has failed.”
He went on: I have a strong conviction that the president has fallen short of his Oath of Office where he should obey, preserve, protect, and uphold the sovereignty, integrity and dignity of the people of Kenya.”
He said Kenyans who had been abducted and their whereabouts were unknown should be let free to celebrate the New Year with their families.
