Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and suspended Higher Education minister William Ruto. More than 200 leaders who had met in Molo town said an alliance of the two was crucial in achieving peace in the area. PHOTO / FILE
By SIMON SIELE ssiele@ke.nationmedia.com and DANIEL NYASSY dnyassy@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, March 4 2012 at 22:30
Posted Sunday, March 4 2012 at 22:30
IN SUMMARY
- Traders urge the two to hold rallies in Nakuru to avoid repeat of chaos
Leaders in Nakuru are uncertain of peace in the region if two leading lights of the G7 Alliance are barred from running for the presidency.
They expressed concern about the “fragile” political relationship that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto had cultivated after being charged with crimes against humanity by International Criminal Court.
The more than 200 leaders who had met in Molo town said an alliance of the two was crucial in achieving peace in the area.
“Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are major contributors to the stability of Molo and Kuresoi and we invite them to hold prayer meetings at Molo Stadium,” said Mr Charles Marioko, the chairman of the Molo Traders’ Association.
The meeting discussed the political repercussions of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto being barred from running for the presidency following the confirmation of their cases by the ICC.
They also cautioned some aspirants against using previous ethnic conflicts to advance their interests during election campaigns.
Such campaigns were likely to cause fresh animosity among local communities in a region that has suffered perennial politically instigated clashes, the businessman said.
“These politicians are not from Nakuru but are preaching hatred yet when we were suffering, they did not help us,” he said.
The chairman attributed the prevailing and future stability of the region to formation of the G7 Alliance of which Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto were key leaders.
At the same time, a section of Kanu delegates from Coast Province on Sunday came to the defence of national chairman Uhuru Kenyatta following accusations from his deputy, Mr Gideon Moi.
Delegates from Kwale, Mombasa and Kilifi counties defended the chairman, who was on Thursday accused by Mr Moi of failing to steer the party to prosperity and lacking vision.
Kanu Coast coordinator Ms Fatma Nchizumo, also a Kwale delegate and councillor, led other delegates in supporting Mr Kenyatta, saying those accusing him were not genuine Kanu members.
They termed the attacks on Mr Kenyatta, which were contained in a section of the press, as “mudslinging and malicious.”
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