President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday announced that he wanted to meet Opposition leader Raila Odinga for a dialogue on how to unite the country moving forward.
Speaking during a church service in Huruma, President Kenyatta noted that the country was in a healing period adding that all the challenges and ideological differences experienced can only be resolved by dialogue.
The Head of State noted that the election period was over and there was no need to plunge the country into chaos by settling to protests and demonstrations.
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“Let them continue with their lives as we debate the merits and demerits of our different programmes. Kenyans do not want to shed blood or to be enjoined in political arguments but to live together in unity.
"In a democracy, we must compete. But we do not compete based on dialect. We don’t compete based on colour. We compete on ideas. If we have differences it is okay in the political world," Uhuru stated.
The President explained that any political contest was like a game of football where there are winners and losers adding that after the game both teams come together shake hands and focus on the next game.
"Like in any competition, there will be winners and losers but in terms of the election, we are all winners as Kenyans. Our responsibility after the political competition is to come together and work to build the nation.
"That’s why we compete because we do things differently but that does not mean we cannot live and coexist. Let us work out how we plan our different agendas without affecting the daily lives of the people,” he stated.
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President Kenyatta's remarks were echoed by Deputy President William Ruto who urged Kenyans to desist from violent activities.
"Today, let us all resolve that we will refuse hate, resist negative ethnicity and reject divisive politics so that we can live together as one people, the people of the great nation of Kenya,” DP Ruto explained.
