Government leaders Salim Mvurya, Mishi Mboko, Kithure Kindiki, Hassan Joho, Abdulswamad Nassir and Miraj Abdillahi at Likoni on Saturday / JOHN CHESOLI
No region in Kenya will be discriminated against anymore, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said.
Speaking on Saturday, the DP said the era of skewed development, where projects are established based on political affiliation, is long gone.
“The government wants to ensure every part of Kenya moves forward together. No part of the country will ever be discriminated against based on tribe, race, religion or creed.
“We may belong to different tribes and religions but Kenya is one. And we must live in unity. We need to move forward as one country,” he told Jomvu residents in Mombasa on Saturday afternoon.
Kindiki said the biggest rival President William Ruto had was ODM Raila Odinga but the two have found it reasonable to unite to help the country move forward faster.
This, he said, is statesmanship that should be emulated across the continent.
He said the broad-based government will ensure all regions in the country have a say at the decision-making table.
He noted that only those hungry for power, and not the wellbeing of the citizens, are angling for a regime change.
Kindiki said those who are busy going round the country preaching hatred are used to entitlement and find it difficult to see even the minority communities are being empowered in the Kenya Kwanza regime.
He said Mombasa has shown that with cooperation and unity, citizens will enjoy the fruits of the government.
“Because of the cooperation of MPs with Governor Abdulswamad Nassir, Mombasa residents today enjoy health services because they have the highest number of people registered with SHA,” Kindiki said.
This means there will be less health issues that will not be addressed for Mombasa residents, he said.
He said already, Mombasa has registered 770,000 people under SHA, representing 65 per cent of the residents.
The DP said the road infrastructure in Mombasa is being upgraded because of the close working relationship between the leaders of the county with the national government.
“Jomvu MP Badi Twalib, Nassir and Woman Rep Mama Zamzam have been bothering the President to have their roads here completed and that is bearing fruit,” Kindiki said.
He said the Dongo Kundu bypass will soon be commissioned and this will open up the South Coast even further.
The Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone will help create jobs for youth at the Coast with the government attracting more investors for it.
He said the Kazi Mtaani Climate Works, which empowers youth to gainfully preserve the environment through cleanliness will start on Monday.
He rebuked those opposed to the empowerment of women across the country saying they are enemies of development.
“They want our women to remain poor so they can manipulate them for their own selfish interests,” Kindiki said.
He said President Ruto’s political moves are creating jitters in the opposition because they are running out of propaganda to propel.
Kenya today, he said, has two political teams.
One is rooting for unity of the country and is led by President Ruto and Raila, while the other is rooting for the division of the country and is led by ex-DP Rigathi Gachagua.
He said the unity team is working 24-hours to ensure every Kenyan gets an opportunity at prosperity as opposed to the other team that, he said, only seeks relevance using youth.
“The other team had people with big positions in government but were ejected because of tribalism and division of the country.
“They only recognised the communities they came from. It is called Team Kisirani, Team Ubaguzi, and they misused their time in government,” Kindiki said.
He called on Kenyans not to allow them to divide them along tribal lines.
“Those leaders on the other side do not understand why Ruto made it easier for youth in Garissa and other parts to get national identity cards.
