Saturday, March 12, 2011

Kibaki has not asked me to resign, Uhuru says

By Athman AmranDeputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has said he will not step aside over his summon to The Hague.
He told off those asking him to step aside, saying they were not his employer.
He said it was President Kibaki who gave him the job as Minister for Finance, and the President has not asked him to quit.
"Gatundu seat belongs to the people of Gatundu and Ministry of Finance job is Kibaki’s," he said.
The deputy PM was speaking during the commissioning of Thiririka Treatment Works and Theta Dam ground breaking in Gatundu South.
Abusive language
Embakasi MP, Ferdinand Waititu, Assistant Minister for Water, and chairman of Athi Water Services Board, Reuben Ndolo, accompanied him.
Uhuru also said that he is ready to work with Prime Minister Raila Odinga so that the country can develop.
He said he has always been quiet and peaceful but he had to react after being provoked.
"You can be pushed too far but you can also get tired," he said.
He, however, said that he would not use abusive language so long as Raila does the same.
Uhuru blamed Raila’s advisors for the continuous quarrels between him and his partners in the coalition.
Fear for The Hague
"We have no quarrel with anybody but what we do not want are people who think that Kenya cannot move forward without them," he said. Uhuru asserted that he did not fear going to The Hague: "On April 7 we will go to The Hague and come back."
Uhuru and five others are facing charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

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