President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto, will be sharing a platform even as the political animosity between the two grows.
The two leaders will attend the 7th Devolution Conference slated for August 24th to 26th in Makueni County.
The Council of Governors, confirmed that President Uhuru and DP Ruto will be attending the conference amid calls by a section of leaders from the region to postpone the event.
Notably, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader, Raila Odinga, will also be attending the conference as he is scheduled to give a keynote address on August 25th.
Uhuru will attend and open the event on Tuesday, August 24th while Ruto will be the chief guest on August 26th to officially close the conference.
CS Wamalwa, while addressing the media, emphasized that this year's devolution conference will be different from previous ones following the rising cases of Covid-19.
The CS stated that they had consulted with the Ministry of Health and decided to reduce the number of delegates attending the conference from 6,000 to 1,000.
Measures such as social distancing will be observed. Additionally, the Makueni County government is undertaking a vaccination drive to ensure service providers are vaccinated before the conference.
Leaders from Makueni led by Senator Mutula Kilonzo expressed fears that the three-day conference could aggravate the worrying infection rates.
Makueni Constituency Member of Parliament, Daniel Maanzo, also echoed his sentiments and called for the postponement of the conference to a later date.
“As we record high cases of the virus, the national government can postpone the conference as vaccination cannot control the increase of infections,” he stated.
