The Trend’s Ciru Muriuki labeled a traitor for exposing a vernacular radio propagating Uthamaki agenda

Ciru Muriuki spoke her mind and some people from her tribe think she is a traitor to a cause being perpetrated by the community.

Ciru exposed a plan by a certain vernacular radio station urging listeners to register as voters in mass in order to defend Uthamaki (tribal kingship).

“This one I have to speak on, and if I’m called a traitor, so be it. A certain vernacular station is running ads urging its listenership to register as voters enmasse in order “kurangira uthamaki” (defend the kingship). What tribalist garbage is this? Shouldn’t people register simply because it’s their civic right? Let me tell you…as a member of said community, I will not be defending any uthamaki because it’s not mine. I’m a broke, job hunting Kenyan. The only thing I should defend is my WIFI password and my taxes from being looted. All else is folly. Ati kurangira uthamaki. Uyu akiri urimu. Pu,” Ciru wrote.

Her post rubbed Uthamaki loyalists the wrong way and they responded by firing salvos at her; they even labeled her a traitor.

Ciku however remained adamant she wouldn’t apologize to anyone hurt by her decision to sound the alarm on Uthamaki agenda being spread by the vernacular radio.

“It looks like my post yesterday upset a lot of people. And that is your right. If your identity depends on defending Uthamaki, that’s fantastic. However, if you are going to defend Uthamaki, do so because you believe in the current holder of Uthamaki…not because you have been told that it is your tribal duty to do so. That would be doing yourself…and him…a great disservice. Also if you’re waiting for me to apologize for MY opinion, you will be waiting a long, LONG time.”