President Uhuru Kenyatta has once again come out to defend the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) which seeks to among others, calm political tension in the nation.
Speaking on Friday, Uhuru said that his truce with opposition leader Raila Odinga under the initiative is being wrongly observed as a political alliance by the political class.
He maintained that the truce and their collaboration, as had been communicated earlier, is solely based on solving the nation's leadership issues, adding it is not a political stunt.
The Head of State also called for calm among politicians who have raised concerns about the same.
"There is no political intentions in this one. Let people not think that we want to fight anyone. We have to unite as otherwise, these issues will hurt all of us," said Uhuru.
President Uhuru was addressing the nation from State House, Nairobi.
The BBI was founded after Uhuru and Raila placed their political rivalry as was seen in the 2017 presidential elections aside, leading to a historic reconciliation on March 9, 2018.
However, Ruto's allies have been up in arms against it lately, with others terming it a 'reunion of the political lords to lock out the son of a peasant in the name of the DP'.
Uhuru has however maintained that his union with Raila was inevitable as Kenya's problems were becoming a major concern across the entire globe.
"When we say we want to unite the nation, this is not a political agenda but a challenge that even our colleagues across the continent have identified as a problem we need to address," he added.
Uhuru's remark comes three days after he met Ruto in what was considered a possible remedy to the hostility and division that was apparently growing within the ruling Jubilee Party.
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