Francis Atwoli has always had very strong sentiments on the matters politics. Like or not he has a say in the national matters.
For a couple of years he has been preaching about the unity of the luhya nation. The song which has never found a rhythm because of the self nature of the leaders from that side making their ascension to power only but a mystery.
Atwoli has also been ringing underground bells in support for the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. But right now he has clearly,loudly and boldly stated his candidate in the 2022 presidential race. Who do you think he /she is? I swear you will be shocked.
Francis Atwoli has reiterated his call for President Uhuru Kenyatta to stay on after his term lapses in 2022.
The unionist, who argues that the same will be possible if the Constitution is amended to expand the Executive, said he will not relent in the push.
“People said I was not a normal person when I asked the President not to resign after 2022 as he is young. And if the people of Central want him, he can be a government which can accommodate him.”
He said the 2013 post-election row could have been avoided if the Constitution did not allow for a ‘winner takes it all’ situation.
Atwoli, holding that he came up with the push for a referendum “before it was hijacked by politicians”, proposes the creation of six Executive positions “so that everyone will be happy”.
On the 2007-08 post-violence, he said Cotu had appealed to the government for national unity.
He said egoism between top leaders hindered the efforts which forced international intervention.
On last year’s election which led to the Handshake, Atwoli said that they met the IEBC team led by Wafula Chebukati on May 15, 2017.
He said that despite giving them the history of the elections and how to mitigate against another dispute, they ignored them.
“Any election in this country will never succeed unless we look at the documents that govern elections,” Atwoli said.
“Let’s make the document complement our culture, tradition and behavior in order to have the election succeed.”
Do you think President Uhuru Kenyatta will be in the ballot in 2022 presidential race?