• She called on Kenya Kwanza to stop the constant attacks on Uhuru, adding the country is bigger than any individual.
• "It is his constitutional right. Just because he a president it doesn't negate his constitutional right."
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Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has said that President Uhuru Kenyatta needs no protection from anyone once he retires.
Speaking on Monday, Passaris who was responding to remarks by Deputy President William Ruto-led coalition Kenya Kwanza insisted that the President has completed his term and he will leave office.
She noted that Uhuru is on record saying that if any member of his family had done anything wrong including himself, the law should take its course.
"Uhuru is not looking for protection from the DP, he's not looking for protection from Raila Odinga. Uhuru has done his term," Passaris told KTN News.
"If you are saying he's going to protect Uhuru that in itself is a problem because if Uhuru has done something wrong he does not need the protection."
She called on Kenya Kwanza to stop the constant attacks on Uhuru, adding the country is bigger than any individual.
Passaris said that it is the President's right to vote for whoever he wants and that all he is doing is ensuring Kenya's transition is going on properly.
"He has said, 'Look I have had a handshake with this man, I think he has a good plan for this country. This is the man I would probably vote for.' But he's not told Kenyans by the gun go and vote," the legislator said.
"It is his constitutional right. Just because he is a president it doesn't negate his constitutional right."
During the launch of his manifesto, DP Ruto hinted at forming a commission to probe President Uhuru's policies over the last 10 years.
His allies claimed that the policies only benefited members of the President's family.
"State capture has strangled our economy. The problem is that the President and his allies have over the last 10 years made policies and decisions to benefit his enterprise. Everything has been designed to benefit private businesses owned by those in power," MP Ndindi Nyoro said.
The remarks were not received well by many of Uhuru's allies who claimed that Ruto intended to prosecute the President if elected.
Ruto, however, changed his stance, saying that he did not have anything against Uhuru and all he was asking from him was that he retires peacefully.
The DP asked the President to step aside and let him face Raila Odinga in the polls.
"We have no problem with our friend President Uhuru Kenyatta. We voted for him and nobody will do anything to him after he exits power... I'm telling my brother Uhuru that I'm not competing against him but with Raila Odinga," he said while on the campaign trail on Saturday.