Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday told the National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders off for claiming that they only had a problem with him and not President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He asked the opposition to abandon the August polls in favour of President Kenyatta if indeed they had no problem with him as they had indicated.
“If our friends in the Opposition have no problem with President Kenyatta, then they should abandon the race and support him (Kenyatta) because I am not a candidate for 2017 so that they face me at the ballot in 2022,” said the Deputy President.
He said opposition leaders were confused because they have no agenda for Kenyans after spending four years searching for their flag bearer.
“There is a big difference between us and those in NASA because we took only 40 minutes to settle for President Kenyatta as our 2017 candidate while the Opposition searched for its candidate for four years. That’s why they have no agenda for Kenyans,” he said.
The DP was making the comments in response to Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka's remarks where he stated that President Kenyatta would lose the elections because of his deputy.
President Kenyatta on his part called on Kenyans to be wary of leaders who champion the retrogressive politics that only serve to retard development and perpetuate poverty.
“Kenya cannot be led through tribal or divisive politics, we cannot achieve our development goals as a country unless we unite and work together,” said President Kenyatta.
The President censured Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale for sowing seeds of discord among peace-loving Kakamega residents, saying what is required of leaders is to sell their policies to the electorate and not to insult their political opponents.
“You have leaders who come here pretending to be heroes but what they do is insult others instead of selling their policies to the voters,” said President Kenyatta.
The Head of State noted that under the Jubilee administration, had made major strides in development in the shortest period of four years compared to what was achieved in the past 50 years and asked Kenyans to re-elect the Jubilee government so as to build on the foundation it had laid in the last four years.
President Kenyatta and his deputy made the comments at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega town when they addressed a rally.
