I will not keep quiet, says Moi

Written By:KBC reporters/KNA , Posted: Thu, Jul 29, 2010


Former President Daniel arap Moi has vowed to continue expressing his views on the proposed constitution and that he will campaign against it to the end.

Moi said that though he had retired, he was still a Kenyan and was entitled to the right and freedom of expression just like any other Kenyan.

"Even if I have retired from the Presidency, I am still in the land of the living. I will continue expressing my opinion on matters affecting my mother land as long as I am still there," he said.

Addressing a mammoth rally Malindi, Mr. Moi quipped "How can anyone tell me to keep quiet? How do I keep quiet when things in the country are going wrong and the country is shaking?"

He urged Kenyans to reject the proposed constitution saying it had a lot of bad things and that it did not address issues affecting the country.

He cited clauses on abortion and land saying the Committee of Experts should have consulted widely before putting them in the new law.

Mr. Moi revisited the issue of gay marriages saying though the proposed law allowed the vice indirectly.

Elsewhere, Higher Education Minister William Ruto Thursday held a series of roadside rallies in Thika, Gatundu and Ruiru towns to campaign against the proposed constitution.

Ruto who was accompanied by Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru and Igembe North MP Mithika Linturi asked the residents to stand against regional discrimination which he claimed was being propagated by the proposed law.

Ruto began his campaign trail in Uhuru Kenyatta's home turf in Gatundu before addressing a roadside rally in Thika Town.

The Minister called on the residents to reject the proposed law claiming the proposed counties were not balanced.

Ruto said the document is faulty and therefore it should be amended before it is made law.

Housing Assistant minister Margaret Wanjiru called on the residents to reject the proposed law claiming it denies church leaders the right to freely propagate the gospel.