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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday appeared to back President Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s call to have another community produce the next head of state.<\/p>\n

Speaking when he hosted youth under the umbrella of Team One Nation, led by Amani Sasa CEO and former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga at his Karen residence, Nairobi, yesterday, Raila said the presidency is sensitive as the country is a multi-ethnic society.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you know Kenya is a multi-ethnic society, and because of this we are actually sensitive to the ethnic differences that we have in our country,\u201d said Raila.<\/p>\n

President Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s remark that only two communities have ruled Kenya since independence has elicited mixed reactions.<\/p>\n

The Head of State said if the thinking is that some individuals should not run for political office because of their family background, then he could as well say that the same should apply to the two communities that have ruled the country since independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that is the thinking or the logic then even I can stand here and say that it is only two communities that have ruled the country and maybe it is time for other communities to rule,\u201d Uhuru said on Saturday during the burial of Hannah Mudavadi, the mother of ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi.<\/p>\n

Raila cited countries that have successfully applied the rotational presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Switzerland, they have the rotating presidency, they have got the cantons and the presidency rule from one region to the other, and that is the way they have done it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn the US if you are running for president, then the Vice President must come from another region, so different countries have dealt with this issue differently.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ODM leader maintained that he sees no harm in rotational presidency, especially when appointments are made by the president that favour people from other communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really see no harm in this issue here, if particularly when you see that particular people are there (in the presidency), the appointments that are made, favour the people from the respective communities,\u201d Raila said.<\/p>\n

He called for a more representative government, citing the 2013 Jubilee administration, which he said did not reflect the face of the nation. Raila further cited the grand coalition government which he said was \u201ca very different ball game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you just go and look at the Cabinet of Jubilee of 2013, look at it, look at the permanent secretaries, and then go and look at the heads of parastatals, I wish somebody in the media can do it and publish it even tomorrow (today), so that Kenyans can see for themselves what we are talking about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that leaders must embrace inclusivity and look at each person as a Kenyan.<\/p>\n

Team One Nation met Raila to discuss the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s chairman Njenga said BBI is good for the country as it will allow every region to be represented by a leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have decided that this country must come together for one purpose, we have to have one system of leadership so that we can run the country in a good manner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former Mungiki leader declared himself the national ambassador for BBI and the national coordinator for Team One Kenya.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo those people calling themselves hustlers, we are the best hustlers in life, and we have been there. We are known in history that we used to go without shoes, now that we are driving, we are able to tell people of this republic that they should not pray to be hustlers but wealthy people,\u201d Njenga said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday appeared to back President Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s call to have another community produce the next head of state. 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