Uhuru calls for sobriety in handling political diferences

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for finance,Uhuru Kenyatta

Deputy Prime Minister and minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta has struck a conciliatory tone to his political adversaries and called for a cessation of the war of words.

This comes a day after President Mwai Kibaki's counsel to politicians to respect one another and stop hurling insults in public.

Speaking at a church service in Dagorreti constituency on Sunday, Uhuru called for sobriety in handling differences in the coalition government. 

On Saturday, Uhuru and Eldoret north MP William Ruto led a group of over 20 MPs in Embakasi where they fired back at Prime Minister Raila Odinga who they claimed had insulted them at a previous function.

Uhuru criticized the National Cohesion and Integration commission that warned him and Ruto against using abusive language in public.

Elsewhere

Planning assistant minister Peter Kenneth on Sunday, called on politicians to desist from hurling insults at each other in public saying the move could lead to tension in the country.

Kenneth urged the leaders to heed the President's call to respect each other and desist from abusive public utterances.

He said it was high time the Kenyan leadership worked together to unite Kenyans in order to foster development.