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Kisii, Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta today asked Cord leaders to stop insulting the office of the presidency.
He told the opposition leaders to be patient for the next four years rather than engaging in trading insults each day.
“Stop insulting the president. Be patient for the next four years and allow me do my work for which I was elected by the Kenyan people” said the head of state.
He told the opposition to stop hurling insults at his person and address national issues soberly and with respect.
“Those with any issues should raise them with me and they will be listened to,” he added.
The President was addressing a series of public rallies and road-side stop-overs in Nyamira and Kisii counties.
He addressed public barazas at Kenyenya community grounds, Menyenya primary school grounds, Keroka and Keumbu shopping centres.
He told the Cord leadership there was no need to provoke each other politically and the current campaigns should be postponed for the next four years so that Kenyans can concentrate on development.
He accused the opposition of putting the country on a perpetual campaign mood wondering when Kenyans will be allowed to concentrate on development matters.
“Campaigns have their time and they ended with the last elections. There is no need of keeping Kenyans on a campaign mood for five years,” he said at Nyansiongo County Council grounds, Borabu constituency, Nyamira County.
He said the opposition is good and has its role in the country. The opposition should carry its rightful role of correcting the government and keeping it on its toes.
“The opposition is good. But the opposition does not mean insults. It means giving checks and balances on the performance of the governemnt,” he said.
“Tell this man (reference to Cord leader Raila Odinga) to leave me alone so that I can do my work,” adding that it is the Kenyan voters who will give the final scorecard on the performance of Jubilee government after five years.
“The Kenyan people will give us another term if they feel we have fulfilled the promises for which they elected us,” he added.
The president regretted that those inciting Kenyans to engage in unnecessary demands and threats have their children in private schools in Nairobi while inciting others to engage in unproductive activities.
The president said he will work with all leaders irrespective of their parties. He urged leaders to shun divisive politics and support Government initiatives to unite Kenyans for tangible development.
President Kenyatta regretted that useless politics will not only divide the country but retard development.
The President told CORD leaders to join their JUBILEE counterparts in preaching peace and harmony in the country instead of spreading hate
He said as the country’s democratically elected President, he swore to serve all Kenyans without discrimination and will strive to unite the country to realize the Government’s transformative agenda.
Night travel
On night travel, President Kenyatta said in consideration of pleas by traders and Kenyans, the Government has lifted the ban for vehicles that have fulfilled all the legal requirements for night travel.
He added that since the ban on night travel, road accidents in the country reduced by 50 per cent.
President Kenyatta put on notice drivers who caused accidents through recklessness that they risked long jail terms.
“Drivers should always bear in mind that they carry people in their vehicles and not luggage. Those causing accidents will be jailed for between 20-30 years,” he added.
On regional development, President Kenyatta said Government will upgrade roads in the area to enable farm produce reaches the market.
The President said national and county governments will continue to work together in the upgrade of hospitals to provide quality medical care to Kenyans.
“Kisii hospital will be upgraded to a level 6 hospital to handle referral cases.Nyamira will also be upgraded to level 5. All other hospitals will also be appropriately be improved,” he said.
He also promised that the government will address issues affecting the tea sector for which local leaders complained it had collapsed. The distribution of electricity in the region will also be addressed as it will in other parts of the country.
Local leaders promised to work with the national government to hasten development in the region irrespective of the parties they were elected in.
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