Politics
Stop Embarrassing Yourself, William Ruto Allies Tell Uhuru Kenyatta
Kenya Kwanza Alliance leaders have asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to stop embarrassing himself by playing prejudiced politics.
The Kenya Kwanza Alliance leaders, who were on a crusade trail in Kirinyaga County on Saturday, asked residers to reject Azimio la Umoja coalition presidential seeker Raila Odinga in the August 9 pates.
Led by Mathira solon Rigathi Gachagua and Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, the leaders claimed that Mr Odinga had outlasted his utility and had no business to lead the country.
“The President should remain neutral if he wants to be respected. He should leave Dr Ruto and Mr Odinga to fight it out in the forthcoming presidential polls,” said Mr Gachagua.
They accused President Kenyatta of misleading Kenyans to vote for Mr Odinga.
“We are asking the President to stop drumming up support for Odinga. The Azimio la Umoja coalition presidential candidate can’t be elected and the President should retire honourably and leave Kenyans to decide who will be their next president,” said the Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro.
Ms Waiguru called on Kenyans to turn out in large figures during the pates and vote for the deputy chairman.
“If (William) Ruto becomes president, the cost of food stuffs and fertilisers will go down. Dr Ruto is the only leader who can save Kenyans who are suffering due to the high cost of living,” said Mr Gachagua.
Speaking at Kiamuthambi and Kiandieri requests, the leaders asked the residers to handpick Deputy President William Ruto whom they said had the result to the problems facing Kenyans.
“Dr Ruto will be the fifth president of Kenya and we should support him,” said Ms Waiguru.
Former Kirinyaga Central MP Gachoki Gitari who blazoned that he’ll be seeking to regain his seat on United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket, appealed to residers to back him.
Before at Kiamuthambi, the rally was temporarily disintegrated by youths who were chantingpro-Azimio la Umoja taglines.
They cried at the Kenya Kwanza leaders, forcing them to cut short their speeches. It took the intervention of Ms Waiguru and
Mr Gachagua to restore calm.
The leaders pledged to continue campaigning for the deputy chairman across the country. They said that only Dr Ruto could regain the frugality when he takes power.
They reiterated that Sh100 billion will be set away to make diligence to produce jobs for the youths.
Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to that his government if given the mandate to lead the country in the August 9 polls will deal with hands-on with ‘State capture.’
According to the Presidential candidate, state policies are being used to facilitate the theft of public funds as corruption had been absorbed into government.
DP William Ruto made these calims while speaking to the Reuters in an interview.
“We have no intention of prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta, but we have every intention of dealing with State capture. It cannot be business as usual,” the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate said.
DP Ruto’s running mate, Rigathi Gachagua also alluded to said State capture, saying those involved will be dealt with should Kenya Kwanza form the next government.
“We will not go after individuals. We will go after all those in state capture and conflict of interest,” Gachagua said in a joint media broadcast.
The Mathira MP vaguely explained that it was “people in power who have used or are using their offices to use up public resources to their advantage,” when asked who or what State capture was.
The DP has also revealed plans of bringing to end the Kenya’s national debt, which currently stands at Sh9 trillion, in an exclusive interview with international media.
He said the country has the capacity to handle the debt situation, and that they as Kenya Kwanza have mapped out plans of how to go about it, should they win.
“We will put the brakes on more borrowing. It may not come to zero but we will begin the journey to slow down on more borrowing,” the DP said.
Campaigns hit fever pitch and candidates scramble for airtime to sell their agendas with just eighteen (18) days left as Kenya will soon be headed to the General Election.
Sonko has increased the intense in the race for Mombasa county which already has aspirants from the UDA and ODM parties.
Sonko has finally been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
On Thursday, July 14 2022, Sonko in the accompany of his supporters was given the green light.
The former Nairobi governor was invited by the IEBC to submit his letter for clearance as per a letter addressed to him earlier.
“The venue will be the IEBC Mombasa County offices and you are expected to submit your papers on July 14, 2022 between 2pm and 4pm,” Swalha Ibrahim the returning officer said.
The letter to Sonko came after a high court ruled that the politician doesn’t be disqualified from vying for governor noting that the governor was eligible to run for office. The commission said it could not head to the courts to appeal the decision as time could not allow.
Addressing the media after the clearance, Sonko said his candidature seeks to solve the problems of the people in the Coastal city and that he was bringing a new awakening in the city.
Sonko said he was not worried about the short time time line he has to undertake the campaigns in the large city noting that he was drawing a campaign schedule to begin immediately.
“We must campaign, we have few days but we will utilize them properly. We can do two days per constituency or a day per constituency,” Sonko noted.
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