Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has said that his biggest mistake was working with the Kenya Kwanza administration, led by President William Ruto.
In a statement shared on social media, Muturi said that despite his dismissal from Cabinet, he remains undeterred and will continue to advocate for justice and the rights of Kenyans.
He then claimed that he was fired because some officials believed he would ‘disappear’ from the political scene, but that has not happened.
“I was fired because they thought I’d disappear… but life goes on! Fighting for Kenyans’ rights is not a crime — working for this government was the biggest mistake,” Muturi said in a post that appeared to take a direct swipe at President William Ruto’s administration.
The former Attorney General, who once served as National Assembly Speaker and was a key ally of President Ruto during the 2022 general election.
He went on to serve the first Attorney General under the Ruto administration, before he was reassigned to the public service docket.
A few months before his dismissal, Muturi had accused the government of backing abductions and extrajudicial killings, following the abduction and release of his son.
He would later on be released following intervention of the CS, who claims he met President William Ruto who then called the National Intelligence Service (NIS) boss Noordin Haji.
Haji, according to Muturi admitted that they had his son and that he would be released.
Muturi insisted that the abductions and extrajudicial killings have affected many families in the country, and it would be good if the government addressed the matter conclusively.
Muturi said he spoke up against the abductions in the spirit of collective responsibility as a member of the Cabinet because his own son had been abducted and held incognito by unknown persons at the height of the Gen Z-led anti-government protests in June, 2024.
"If you recall in that statement, I did indicate that it's high time that we as government deliberated (and) debated on those issues because left alone, they had the potential to plunge this country into chaos and anarchy," he said.
"As far as I know, since it's not a policy of government to abduct or have people killed, speaking against that cannot be grounds for anybody to resign from government," he added.
Muturi would later on be dismissed and replaced by Geoffrey Ruku, then serving as Mbeere North MP, in the Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes docket.
