Health CS Aden Duale speaking during the meeting in Garissa on October 6, 2025./STEPHEN ASTARIKO 
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki ,Eldas MP Aden Keynan and
other leaders./STEPHEN ASTARIKO Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has lashed out at the opposition, accusing them of only criticisng the government without offering solutions.
Kindiki spoke Monday in
Garissa town during a fund drive in aid of those who lost their property during
the June 2025 inferno.
“Our youth still don’t have enough jobs, we still don’t have enough
roads. It is the same with water and electricity, areas that still require the government’s
attention. As a government, we
will are working day and night to address these challenges,” said Kindiki.
“So the opposition who keep on moving from one corner of the
country to the other, telling us the challenges we face as a country, should
spare us their rhetoric because we all know our challenges. They should
instead offer us solutions."
Kindiki further challenged the opposition to come up with their own manifesto, highlighting how they intend to change the country for the better saying that the government was ready to handle them when the right time comes.
The DP said that the government was determined to uplift the living standards of the residents of Northeastern, just like it was doing in other parts of the country saying that there was no part of the country that was more equal than the other.
He highlighted ongoing major infrastructural road projects, including the
construction of the Sh100 billion Isiolo-Mandera Highway,
The government is also constructing affordable housing
projects across the region.
Others include 8 modern markets in all the sub counties,
construction of 1720 – bed capacity hostels at Garissa University, and the
ongoing construction of the LAPSSET road gateway.
“If you count the amount of money that has been pumped into
these projects that include affordable housing, markets and students hostels, it
is more than ksh 13 billion. And President Ruto’s government is doing all these
because it fully understands that this region is part of Kenya and fully
deserves an equal share of development projects,” Kindiki said.
The National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah, called out the opposition leaders for what he termed empty rhetoric without a plan to help the common citizens.
Ichung'wah said that their call for a second term is not just
an empty slogan but for the continuation of the development projects being
undertaken in different parts of the region.
"Our Tutam is not an empty slogan but represents the
development projects like construction of roads, electricity connections, and
construction of modern markets," Ichung'wah said.
"The wantam team offers nothing to the common Kenyans
but divisive politics, tribalism, incitement and hatred,” he added.
On his part Senate Majority Leader ader
Aaaron Cheruiyot scoffed at the former deputy president, accusing him for
dividing the country along tribal lines.
He lauded his successor Kindiki for being a unifying figure, noting
that he has shown that through actions by touring different parts of the
country to inspect and commission development projects as well as empower communities.
“We want to tell those who are busy advancing the politics of
division that they will not succeed. And Kenyans will not give such people a
chance to lead them. Garissa and Northeastern is part of this country. That
must be very clear to them,” Cheruiyot said.
Also present were Health CS Aden Duale, President’s aide Faruk Kibet ,Garissa Deputy Governor Abdi Dagane, MPs Farah Maalim, Abdikadir Hussein ,Japhet Nyakundi, Mwengi Mutuse, Mohamed Abdi, Mohamed Adow, ODM nominated MP Umulkheir Harun.
