This archive report was first published on 2 July 2020.
Former Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri has spoken out about the public humiliation he suffered at the hands of President Uhuru Kenyatta during the Nairobi International Trade Fair in October 2019.
According to Kiunjuri, the incident was the worst humiliation he had undergone in his 25 years in politics, and it still pains him to think about his son watching the event on TV.
"The President reprimanded me in public and I still remember that because it was the worst humiliation. In fact my son was watching TV that day and it still pains me when I remember what he was subjected to," Kiunjuri said.
Despite the incident, Kiunjuri has chosen not to harbor any bitterness against President Kenyatta, who later sacked him early this year.
"Some people remember the bad things the wrongs but for me I choose to remember the good things," Kiunjuri said.
He added that he has a lot of respect for President Kenyatta and is grateful for the opportunity to serve.
On his new political party, The Service Party (TSP), Kiunjuri explained that he had decided to start his own party because Jubilee had failed to live up to expectation.
"I folded GNU to form Jubilee but when you look at the current problems in the party so I had to soldier on with TSP," he remarked.
