Deputy President William Ruto has asked leaders to be honest in their calls for unity and the building bridges initiative among Kenyans.
Ruto said there was no need for some leaders to claim that they were ready to work with the Government in uniting the country while on the other hand claim that Jubilee did not win last year’s General Election.
Speaking at the St Francis Chaptarit Catholic Church, Mosoriot, Nandi County,
on
Sunday, Ruto said dishonest leaders were a threat to democracy and unity of the country.
“The biggest threat to our democracy, our progress, and stability are people who have questionable democratic credentials; dictators who participate in elections, and yet they do not accept the outcome of any election." Ruto said.
He added: "Those are the people who threaten our democracy and our stability."
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The Deputy President said there was no need for some leaders to go round intimidating Jubilee members that it did not win the 2017 polls.
"As leaders, we should be honest, exercise truth, and not propaganda; the integrity of our actions should guide us," Ruto added.
He said people with questionable credentials were always a threat to democracy "because they don’t accept results of a democratically-held election."
Ruto said Jubilee won the last election on the platform of unity of Kenyans and its development track record since it took over the leadership of the country in 2013.
“There is, therefore, no need for someone to go round the country with propaganda that Jubilee did not win the last General Election. Kenyans decided and we won it fairly,” said Ruto, adding that Kenyans recognised “our development agenda in terms of development of roads, connection of electricity, improvement of education, health, among other projects.”
He assured the country that Jubilee would continue to embrace leaders irrespective of their political affiliations in uniting the country so long as they were sincere in their activities.
“Now that time for politics is over, leaders should put aside their political differences and forge a common development agenda for the sake of unity and development of the country,” said Ruto.
The leaders, at the same time, hailed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recent announcement that he does not support Constitutional amendments.
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Waluke told the Jubilee Party to be cautious while dealing with NASA leader Raila Odinga, adding that his recent unity pact with the President should be treated with care.
"The issue of the recent handshake should be truly about the unity of Kenyans and matters of politics should not be entertained. We are glad that the President has spoken his mind about the referendum and that the matter should now be put to rest." Waluke said..
Ichungwa and Cherargei said the handshake lost meaning when some leaders used the opportunity to pursue their political interests at the expense of uniting the country.
"What is now clear is that the handshake has been used to push political agenda of some leaders. It’s now about the sharing of positions," Ichungwa said.
The Kikuyu MP said the people of Central Kenya were firmly behind the leadership of the the President and Deputy President.