An incensed crowd met President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto in Kilifi as residents expressed dismay over the shortage of subsidised maize flour.
The leaders received hostile replies to their party slogan 'Tuko Pamoja' as residents instead chanted 'unga' in response. They were holding a public rally at Karisa Maitha grounds on Thursday.
Ruto urged the crowd to calm down, but they continued to respond with 'unga' each time a speaker on the podium shouted 'Jubilee'.
Kilifi North MP Gideon Mung'aro was shouted down by the crowd as he attempted to address them.
"The government has responded to the crisis by making sure maize flour is sold at Sh90 only," he said.
But the members of the crows disputed this, saying the subsidised flour is not currently available in the shops and they are still buying flour for Sh160.
"The bosses are here and they will give a directive where traders are not complying with the requirement," Mung'aro added.
A spot check in supermarkets in Kilifi shows that buyers are only allowed to take three packets.
In many instances, the subsidised flour is available for less than an hour before they are all bought out.
Despite loud chants, Uhuru and Ruto did not address the crowd on the matter. Instead, they defended the government's development record.
Uhuru asked the Opposition to desist from using divisive politics in their hunt for voted.
He accused NASA of using propaganda to discredit Jubilee's record.
"We want to unite Kenya by working not propaganda. For a very long time we have been ruled through propaganda. People are coming to incite you instead of telling you how they will help you.
"We will not be able to give jobs to our youths if we will not unite the country. If we live without hating one another investors will find a conducive environment to invest in our country,” the President said.
He said the Jubilee has doubled the development realised by all the previous regimes.
“Those who claim we have done nothing for the past four years where were they all that time yet they were in government. Where were they when Kenyans needed roads? We have equipped hospitals with modern equipment and waived examination fees,” he said.
Uhuru was accompanied by Jubilee leaders from the coast region and CSs Dan Kazungu (Mining) and Eugene Wamalwa (Water).
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