{"id":21455,"date":"2021-01-25T19:42:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21455"},"modified":"2021-01-25T19:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:42:43","slug":"engage-president-on-failures-dp-tells-raila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/engage-president-on-failures-dp-tells-raila","title":{"rendered":"Engage President on failures, DP tells Raila"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Deputy President William Ruto has challenged ODM leader Raila Odinga to speak directly to President Uhuru Kenyatta on Jubilee government failures instead of criticising his administration by the roadside.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Dagoretti yesterday, the DP told Raila to stop using him as a scapegoat for Jubilee failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard Raila say that there is no work that the President and I have done. If he has a problem with the performance of Jubilee, let him look for Uhuru Kenyatta via phone or visit him in his office and tell him, but he stop humiliating the President by addressing him in rallies,\u201d said Ruto.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe performance of the Jubilee Government cannot be compared with that of all the years that Raila has been in government. He has nothing to show for all those years at the helm of the country\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruto said since assuming office, the Jubilee government had built 750km of rail from Mombasa to Naivasha, 7,500km of road, connected five million Kenyans to power and constructed more technical colleges, among others<\/p>\n

He defended the \u2018hustler\u2019 narrative, saying it was all about ensuring creation of opportunities for all and not politics of the rich versus the poor as claimed by his detractors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should not threaten us by telling us that the \u2018hustler\u2019 narrative is about inciting chaos. For the longest time, they have fed us with tribal based politics and politics of creating positions for a select few but today we have forced them to talk about the needs of mwananchi such as wheelbarrows and businesses so that they can sustain their families,\u201d said Ruto.<\/p>\n

Misplaced priorities<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are those trying to threaten us by saying we are dividing the country through this \u2018hustler\u2019 narrative, but I want to tell them that they are the ones that are diving the country by telling us about tribal based politics and creation of more positions for a few. Kenyans want peace,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ruto also criticised the Building Bridges Initiative, claiming that the priorities of a section of the political class was misplaced and faulted the what he said was the push for a referendum to \u201ccreate more positions in the Executive instead of addressing the plight of Kenyans\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you guys want to amend the Constitution so that some leaders can get seats or change the economy so that the youth can get jobs?\u201d posed Ruto.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not going to take us to a position where we will discuss tribes and positions. We are going to discuss about ordinary people and their businesses. That is where the conversation is going and it will not go where they are taking us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

His sentiments were echoed by Mathira MP Rigathi \u00a0Gachagua who said that Raila ought to take up the development issue with the Head of State.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this vehicle of Jubilee has broken down, ask the President who is in control. Face him head-on… Stop hiding behind Uhuru and then blame Ruto,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hungry for power<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen attributed the Jubilee administration woes to Raila.<\/p>\n

Mr Murkomen claimed that the \u2018handshake\u2019 between the President and the ODM leader derailed the Big Four agenda, and Raila was using it to advance his selfish interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe warned the President a long time ago about Raila, and now look at the fruits. He should tell Kenyans that after the \u2018handshake\u2019 he came into government and threw out the Deputy President and those allied to him,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the three years he was in Jubilee, what did he do? We will account for five years of Jubilee and Raila three years of Jubilee since the \u2018handshake\u2019. If there\u2019s a Kenyan who has been hungry for power since time immemorial, it\u2019s Raila Odinga,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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