Eugine Wabwile 
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has issued a pointed warning to Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, vowing to respond directly if Kalonzo continues making what he described as baseless claims.
In a statement shared on his official X account on Sunday, June 15, Kindiki responded to Kalonzo’s recent sharp remarks rejecting any potential alliance with the Kenya Kwanza administration. Kalonzo had earlier denounced the government as a “blood-based regime”
and accused it of trying to “sanitise injustice” by associating his name with it.“I hear my big brother Kalonzo has said he doesn’t wish to work with me politically. That’s fine with me,” wrote Kindiki. “For the unkind things he has said about me, I won’t answer him back publicly—not because I can’t, but because I don’t engage in public duels with people I respect.”
Still, the deputy president was clear that mutual respect must be upheld. “If he continues with his falsehoods unprovoked, I will happily tackle him head-on,” he warned.The exchange came just a day after Kindiki appeared to extend an olive branch during a speech in Wote, Makueni County, where he referred to Kalonzo as a respected elder and “senior-in-law.”
Kindiki said he was open to consulting Kalonzo on development matters in the region.“I will look for him, as you’ve asked me to,” Kindiki told locals. “We don’t want him to be misled by people seeking to stir division through tribal and polarising politics.”But Kalonzo swiftly dismissed the gesture as political theatre.“I will never work with this blood-based regime,” he posted on his own X account the same day. “Let no one be misled by those spreading lies and trying to use my name to legitimise injustice.”
Kalonzo had earlier in the day accused the government of being complicit in the deaths of Gen Z protestors, naming Albert Ojwang—a young man killed during recent demonstrations—as one such victim.“I will not meet or cooperate with those who have Gen Z blood on their hands,” he said, calling the government’s recent outreach “a distraction and an attempt to divide the United Opposition.”
He also declared that Tuesday, June 25, would be marked as a solemn day of remembrance for those who died during protests.Despite the tension, Kindiki maintained that the government’s development agenda would go on uninterrupted: “It doesn’t matter who is aligned with whom—our mission to serve all Kenyans continues.”
