RAILA ODINGA COMES TO THE RESCUE OF PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has now defended President Uhuru Kenyatta from critics who claim that the Head of State failed in service delivery during his time in office.

According to Odinga, a prophet is never accepted in his hometown and as such President Kenyatta’s efforts will unfortunately go unnoticed despite his endeavours.

Because of his stint as Minister of Roads earlier in his political career, Odinga also highlighted that President Kenyatta’s predicament is one that he can relate to.  

“I know because I was the Minister of Roads. I am the one who planned most of these highways, all the bypasses in Nairobi, the Thika Highway even the Kenol-Marua road was constructed during my time,” Odinga said.

“I saw what Uhuru has done in the period that he became President. He gave his scorecard. I told some people that they will know what Uhuru did when he is no longer in office.”

President Kenyatta, Odinga says, could have achieved more development agendas in the country if he had proper backing from the private sector and a supportive operating environment.

“Uhuru’s mind is in the right place. He has been focused but he has not been able to achieve what he wanted to achieve because of the environment in which he has been working,” the ODM leader said.

“That itself has undermined his ability to deliver. He would have done much better if he had a supportive environment.”

President Kenyatta, during a meeting with Ukambani leaders at State House in July, stated that his administration achieved more in terms of development during his second term in office owing to the handshake between himself and the former Prime Minister.

“There is no way a country can move forward if leaders are not together. I have done much more even than I was able to do even in my first term. Why? Because I have been able to focus myself, working in conjunction with my colleagues and been able to focus on the development agenda, not the political agenda. It is not about where you are it is about where we are as a country,” he stated.

During a meeting with the Mount Kenya Foundation on Wednesday, Odinga continued to drum up support for his Azimio la Umoja campaign citing that the initiative will cure the issue of ethnicity that is currently plaguing the country.

According to Odinga, leaders should be elected based on what they bring to the table and not their ethnic background as has been the case for decades.

The Mount Kenya Foundation officially endorsed Odinga as its preferred candidate but the ODM leader said he will not make a decision until the party’s National Delegates Conference, slated for December 9, 2021, is held.

By Citizen Digital