The Democratic Party (DP) on Monday revealed that the debate on President Uhuru Kenyatta's 2002 successor could make them lose the August elections.
DP urged all Jubilee leaders to end debate on who will succeed President Kenyatta in 2022, warning that the talk was detrimental to the President’s current re-election campaigns.
Led by the party Chairman Mr Esau Kioni, the team noted that the 2022 elections debate was not of any importance at the moment since political dynamics change very fast.
“Engaging in President Kenyatta’s succession debate is unnecessary and the politicians will be conducting two campaigns simultaneously which is likely to cause damage to his re-election bid.
"We must address the current issue which is to ensure he gets back to the office,” Kioni stated.
On the matter of who will succeed President Kenyatta, the DP leader stated that “it does not take long to nurture a leader” and as such Central region should not be afraid of any political vacuums.
“Political dynamics switch very fast and nobody knows how the situation will be like ahead of 2022. Some of the current leaders might not be at the helm of leadership because we are yet to deal with the 2017 contest,” he explained.
He further stated that 2022 issues would be discussed after President Kenyatta had succeeded in the August elections.
“Having a leader is a matter of clothing him. There is no scarcity of leaders in the region and therefore there should be no fear of a (political) vacuum,” he noted.
Mr Kioni challenged political parties supporting the President’s re-election bid to focus their energies on ensuring he earns another five-year term in office.
Last month, DP became the sixth party to endorse President Kenyatta's re-election bid.
