Veteran politician Koigi wa Wamwere has advised President Uhuru Kenyatta, opposition leader Raila Odinga, and Deputy President William Ruto to pave way for a younger generation of leaders by retiring from politics.
According to the former Member of Parliament for Subukia, the three leaders should not take part in the 2022 general elections.
He argued that the leaders have been in power for long and their continued stay will not change the status quo of things in the country.
“These people keep on telling us that they will address the issues affecting Kenyans in every election. But they are doing the same things that were done by Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, continued by Daniel Moi and repeated by Mwai Kibaki. It is the same things that Uhuru is doing and with this pace, Kenya will remain stagnant. We need new crop of leadership which is focused in changing this country,” Wamwere said on Monday at his Subukia home.
The former legislator also pointed out that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report may be a plan for the leaders to continue holding leadership positions.
“That BBI thing does not have a nationalism aspect in it and if you study it clearly, then you get the reality that it is just a creation of two people, each with a hope of extending their leadership in this country. There is nothing new in that document because the challenges Kenyans face have remained the same. Therefore, Kenyans must trade with caution when these leaders claim that the document belongs to Kenyans, it is not,” he added.