President Uhuru Kenyatta has suggested that he is very less concerned about who will be elected as his successor in the fast-approaching 2022 general elections.
This comes as a change of heart from the Head of State, who in the run-up to the 2013 and 2017 elections, promised to assure that his deputy William Ruto takes over after him.
But speaking in Mang'u, Gatundu South in Kiambu on Wednesday, Uhuru said that the decision will lie in the hands of Kenyans, and he doesn't care who will be picked.
“Kenyans want a leader who will not disrupt businesses or their day to day lives. It doesn’t matter if it will be Njuguna, Waweru, Haji, Onyango or any other name who will be voted in,” said the president.
He told the political class to shelve unending politicking and engage in what they were elected to do, urging them to properly utilize public funds for the benefit of Kenyans.
“Kenyans want peace, unity and proper utilisation of public resources and not daily empty rhetoric,” added Uhuru, who opened the Mang'u Catholic Church.
The event was snubbed by area politicians allied to Ruto, among them Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, one of the fierce critics of the proposed referendum to implement the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report.
At the function, Uhuru who is pushing for a referendum lashed out at those seeking to have the document passed through the parliament, saying that they are taking Kenyans for fools.