Uhuru faults coalition government

Uhuru faults coalition government

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Updated 2 hrs 21 mins ago

By FRANCIS NGIGE

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenyans should not be subjected to another Coalition Government.

Uhuru said the disharmony in the Coalition Government indicated it was not a good system.
He said Kenyans should be allowed to elect a president of their choice, who will make independent decisions.

“You have seen what happened after 2007, we are always talking about half a loaf of bread. Will this loaf assist Kenyans solve their problems,” posed Uhuru.

The DPM was speaking at Kathwana in Nithi, when he started a tour of Tharaka Nithi and Embu counties.

MPs Kareke Mbiuki, Mwangi Kiunjuri, Gidion Mbuvi and Mithika Linturi accompanied him.
Reiterating that he would not drop out of the presidential race due to the pending case at The Hague, Uhuru said Kenyans should be left to choose their leaders.

Emphasised on unity
“I vied in 2002 and conceded defeat, in 2007 I supported President Kibaki, and am now ready to go back to the ring to fight it out,” he said.

Uhuru emphasised the need for Mt Kenya to remain united. “We need to approach the elections united and we should speak in one voice,” said the Gatundu South MP.

MPs at the meeting chided Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi for insisting that Mt Kenya east region was in the Alliance Party of Kenya.

Mbiuki and Linturi said Mt Kenya east residents were solidly behind Uhuru in The National Alliance, and those against him are going to fail miserably in the General Election.

“We in Tharaka Nithi are solidly behind Uhuru in TNA and no one should mislead the country that the Meru region is in APK, which is commonly referred to as ‘Bus’,” said Mbiuki.

In an apparent reference to Kiraitu’s announcements that APK was still shopping for a presidential candidate, Mbiuki described the party as a grounded vehicle.

“It’s a new dawn for Meru politics as we are not going to be dictated on what to do. Those days are long gone,” he said.

Rallies
Linturi said TNA had already gained popularity in the region, and those against it are likely to fail when elections are called.

“We want to revolutionalise the politics of Meru. We want an all inclusive system, where all people will be involved in decision making,” he said.

During the tour, Uhuru addressed well-attended rallies at Kathwana, Mukondima, and finally at Marimanti in Tharaka.