03/06/2026
UNITED ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT
3rd June, 2026
OPEN LETTER TO H.E. DR. WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO, C.G.H.
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE KENYA DEFENCE FORCES, AND PARTY LEADER OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (UDA)
Your Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, C.G.H.,
President of the Republic of Kenya, Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, and Party Leader of the United Democratic Alliance,
In exercising our constitutional duty as leaders and citizens under Articles 1, 3, 10, 73, 129, 131 and 258 of the Constitution of Kenya, and in response to the recent open letter issued by senior officials of the United Democratic Alliance against H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta, we write this letter in defence of constitutional accountability, democratic governance, national unity and the sovereignty of the people of Kenya.
We write to you directly because the letter issued by the Chairperson and Secretary-General of the United Democratic Alliance was not merely a party communication. It was a political statement issued by officials acting under your authority, within a party that you lead, and in defence of an administration over which you preside.
In constitutional democracies, responsibility cannot be delegated downward when power is exercised from the top.
The Presidency carries both authority and accountability. The officials who signed that letter were writing on behalf of the ruling party and, by extension, in defence of your government. The buck therefore stops with you.
Indeed, one of the defining obligations of the Presidency is accountability. A President may delegate functions, but he cannot delegate responsibility. Those who speak in defence of your administration may carry your message, but they cannot carry your constitutional duty. That duty remains yours alone. That is why this response is addressed not to party officials, but to the President of the Republic of Kenya.
The letter issued by UDA was reckless, insulting, diver