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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> In a day of rare confessions, President Uhuru Kenyatta opened up on his role in Kenya\u2019s retrogressive politics while at the same time revealing that his deputy was a key architect of the handshake journey.<\/p>\n

At Bomas of Kenya main auditorium yesterday, it was time for the Kenyan leadership to look inwards and confront the demons of the inglorious past that have informed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)<\/p>\n

The launch of the BBI report provided the platform for the President to lift the lid, as the country continues to debate the document that supporters argue is the magic portion to the country\u2019s political ills such as corruption, poverty, negative ethnicity and divisive elections.<\/p>\n

Critics, among them the Deputy President William Ruto, however, insist the document is a Trojan horse to deliver political positions to a few people in 2022.<\/p>\n

Never demanded a share<\/p>\n

While the DP has always given the impression that he is a stranger to the BBI process, the President said he was among the first people he (Uhuru) consulted before the BBI train took off, and that the DP even recommended some of the task-force members.<\/p>\n

Ruto sat silently as the President opened the BBI lid and revealed that Raila never demanded a share in government during the March 9 handshake that triggered an implosion in the Jubilee Party.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank my deputy because I kept him abreast of what was going on. He was part and parcel of the BBI process. It is the truth\u2026he is here you can ask him. In fact, he helped me identify some of the wazees in the BBI team,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe purpose, I told him, and as we had agreed with Raila, was not to talk about positions. I told him BBI was an extension of what we did in 2013 so that we can have a situation where no Kenyan is left behind,\u201d said Uhuru at the event attended by thousands of people, including party leaders, governors, MPs and MCAs.<\/p>\n

He said the DP was running backwards, and without a baton, in reference to early 2022 campaigns.<\/p>\n

On Raila, the President confessed: \u201cWe were competitors in 2017, and after the elections, things got to a very difficult level. We spoke again and again and agreed that we are not here to share positions. As we stand here today, he is not in government. He has not made any demands for a share of government. He said let us come together and fix that which ails us. Raila, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

The report has far-reaching proposals that seek to cure the country\u2019s toxic issues such as tribalism, which Uhuru ironically said he was part of.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are things that we don\u2019t want to own up to, but the fact is that we are a tribal society. We pretend that we are national leaders, but when the time comes we switch to vernacular.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have also been part of that in elective politics. We are all part of this mess, but we pretend what great national leaders we are. If we are going to remove this kasumba, then we must address the issue of inclusivity so that every Kenyan feels they are part and parcel,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n

Raila asked Jubilee to deliver its promises to Kenyans.<\/p>\n

\u201cJubilee has its four-point agenda. Let them deliver on that before we can begin taking about 2022\u2026 If you give birth to a child, and he turns insane, do you turn back and say \u2018this child is not mine,\u201d he posed.<\/p>\n

The ODM leader maintained that BBI was not about individuals. \u201cIt is not about Raila for president or Uhuru for the prime minister. I have never declared I want to run for president,\u201d said the former PM.<\/p>\n

When he rose to speak, the DP braved a hostile crowd as he tore into the report.<\/p>\n

Despite claiming last week that he did not care who sits on the electoral commission, \u2018even if it is Oburu Odinga,\u2019 yesterday he let the cat out of the bag. \u201cLet me ask, how fair will a league be where the referee is appointed by teams? How can we allow political players to be the ones appointing the referee? In this case, it is not even all the teams, but some of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also faulted the proposal to appoint a Judiciary ombudsman and poked holes into the recommendations to create more Executive positions, arguing that this will not ensure inclusivity.<\/p>\n

Stop radicalising Kenyans<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Amos Kimunya (National Assembly Majority Leader) becomes Prime Minister, and Samuel Poghisio (Senate Majority Leader) becomes the leader of the official opposition, what happens to NASA principals,\u201d he asked in reference to Raila\u2019s political partners in the last elections – Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC) and Moses Wetang\u2019ula.<\/p>\n

Kalonzo revealed why the DP\u2019s hustler narrative has made him so uncomfortable. \u201cEvery time I go home people ask me, Ruto has given us wheelbarrows. What have you given us?\u201d he said, saying that was terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have read the document and it is time to move on. Let us stop radicalising this country. There are many types of terrorism. If you start a class war, what are you doing? Class war is dangerous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mudavadi declared support for BBI but said some of its recommendations should be reviewed. \u201cWe strongly recommend that we tame our public wage. Increasing county allocations will require resources, so if we don\u2019t tame the public wage, it will eat into these resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the Judiciary Ombudsman should be appointed by the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n

Wetang\u2019ula supported the document, but added: \u201cThere is room for improvement in everything in life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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