Kenyatta warns leaders of cheap politics; asks them to serve Kenyans

 

President Uhuru Kenyatta has today  asked politicians bring the cheap politics to an end and concentrate on working together in serving Kenyans.

Kenyatta  was speaking today during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Mama Ngina waterfront regeneration project in Mombasa.

”The quest for political power must never supersede the needs of the common mwananchi. We must come to a place where we put the lives of  Kenyans first, where we unite to develop every county in this nation, for the good of every” he said

According to PSCU, The President, who affirmed his commitment to work with leaders from across the political divide to improve the welfare of all Kenyans, said his focus is uniting the country for purposes of achieving rapid development across the country.

“Individual interests of leaders should not be allowed to override the welfare of Kenyans. We need to work together to ensure Kenyans get affordable houses, provide universal health coverage, create jobs through enhancing manufacturing and ensuring food security and nutrition” President Kenyatta said.

The President said there was nothing wrong for him to work with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the benefit of all the over 45 million Kenyans, saying people should stop politicising the move.

“For instance, what is wrong if Raila Odinga says we work together to achieve Universal Health Coverage? What is wrong if we work together to develop Mombasa and make it rival Dubai?” President Kenyatta posed.

The Head of State commended the former Prime Minister for putting aside personal interests and agreeing to the ‘handshake’ aimed at uniting the country

As the year kicked off, Raila had shared his vision for 2019 and among the major highlights, he spoke about unity.

He also reflected on the lessons and mistakes that Kenya needs to keep away from. Raila said that it was a great sacrifice to  make some decisions such as the handshake.

The Opposition Party Leader Raila Odinga also made it clear that he will commit to stick to the difficult positive choices of 2018 and to make more of such so long as they carry Kenya and Africa forward in 2019.

Plans that were backed up by Kenyatta’s speech earlier today as he reminded leaders on where they should place their focus on.

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