{"id":3609,"date":"2025-05-22T11:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:28:28","slug":"senator-methu-ruto-should-listen-to-sifuna-not-oburu-amid-national-dialogue-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/senator-methu-ruto-should-listen-to-sifuna-not-oburu-amid-national-dialogue-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Methu : &#8220;Ruto Should Listen to Sifuna, Not Oburu&#8221; Amid National Dialogue Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Elizabeth Mumbi<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"457\">Nyandarua Senator John Methu Nyutu has stirred political debate after advising President William Ruto to heed the counsel of Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna rather than that of Oburu Odinga, the elder brother of opposition leader Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"785\">Speaking during a development tour in Kisii County, Methu weighed in on growing calls for national dialogue amid escalating youth protests and a rising cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks followed recent comments by Oburu Odinga urging Ruto to engage Azimio la Umoja leaders through traditional Odinga-family-aligned channels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"1056\">\u201cLet\u2019s be honest. If the President wants sincere feedback from the opposition, then Sifuna is the man to listen to\u2014not Oburu,\u201d said Methu. \u201cSifuna may be in Azimio, but he speaks plainly and understands the reality on the ground. Oburu is stuck in political nostalgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"1056\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/businesstoday.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John-Methu.webp\" alt=\"Profile and Biography of Nyandarua Senator John Methu - Business Today Kenya\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1385\">Methu\u2019s comments come just days after Sifuna criticized both government and opposition leaders, calling for a fresh, youth-driven national conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe people are tired. They don\u2019t want recycled promises,\u201d Sifuna said during a Senate session. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to talk, it must be about real change\u2014not elite negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1387\" data-end=\"1663\">Praising Sifuna\u2019s forthrightness, he said bipartisan efforts should focus on voices grounded in present realities. \u201cHe may be in the opposition, but Sifuna talk\u2019s sense,\u201d he told the crowd. \u201cLet\u2019s stop pretending our youth are okay. They\u2019re not\u2014and they won\u2019t wait forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1858\">In contrast, Oburu Odinga recently encouraged Raila Odinga to revive structured negotiations with the President, stating, \u201cRuto must recognize that dialogue is the only way to calm the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1860\" data-end=\"2015\">However, critics argue that such approaches signal a return to elite-driven \u201chandshake politics,\u201d which have historically left ordinary citizens sidelined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Mumbi Nyandarua Senator John Methu Nyutu has stirred political debate after advising President William Ruto to heed the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/images-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3611,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions\/3611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}