Ex-CS Muturi Cries Foul As His Security Is Withdrawn

Two armed police officers who were attached to former public service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi were withdrawn in unexplained circumstances.

Muturi said the officers were ordered not to report to work on Tuesday April 8.

He now remains without an armed security.

Muturi is a former Speaker of the National Assembly.

He was on March 26 sacked as CS for public service in a fallout with president William Ruto.

He said no explanation had been given to him over the move to withdraw the security.

“My security detail was withdrawn last night (Monday) at around 7:30PM. Two police officers who were attached to me by virtue of my position as former Speaker of the National Assembly were told not to report on duty today. If this is another attempt to intimidate me, they have dialed yet another wrong number,” he said.

He said under the Retirement Benefits Act allows former Speaker to have security.

“They were told not to come to work on the basis that I am fighting the government. I said it’s okay there are many Kenyans without government security. But I am entitled to security,” he said.

There was no immediate comment from the police service.

Ruto nominated Mbeere Member of Parliament Geoffrey Kiringa Ruku as Cabinet Secretary for Public Service to replace Muturi.

This meant he had sacked Muturi. It was anticipated after days of tension. Muturi was immediately asked to surrender government equipment.

For months, Muturi had emerged as a thorn in Ruto’s flesh with his bone of contention with his boss revolving around fiery remarks he made against the State over abductions and killings of Gen Z protesters in June and December 2024, where his son was also a victim.

He had even stated that he requested to be excused from Cabinet meetings until the issues of police abductions and extrajudicial killings were on the agenda.

Recently, Muturi bravely said the move to call out his former boss falls within his sworn mandate as a public servant, and he should instead be applauded for the same.

Ruto, who had remained tight-lipped over the matter for weeks, broke his silence  and branded his Public Service CS as “fairly incompetent”.

Speaking during an Iftar dinner at State House, Nairobi, Ruto said Muturi’s inept handling in establishing the Muslim Endowment Fund (Waqf) as Attorney General denied the commission an opportunity to manage Islamic endowments.

“I had a problem with the AG who was there before—he was fairly incompetent. But now, I have a very competent lady in the position, and I can assure you that the issues of Wakf will be sorted out within months,” Ruto stated.

Muturi took to social media to reply to the President, stating that “It must be understood that a waqf is a religious, charitable or benevolent endowment by a person who professes Muslim faith and is managed by the Waqf Commission.”

Muturi has since held interviews and branded Ruto corrupt.