[DP William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta. They are losing support from their supposed strongholds. [Photo: ibtimes.co.uk]
“As a Kikuyu, I will be voting Jubilee out. And I know many Kikuyus who will. Our voting decision is dictated by our own economic situation, which is different from those that have directly benefited from the corruption of this government."
Wairimu Mbuthia is brutally honest and recounts how life has been since she voted for the first time in 2013.
In an opinion piece appearing on Tuko.co.ke, she reveals that her vote for Jubilee was due to the UhuRuto duo promising to transform Kenya. This was clearly captured in their 2013 manifesto where Uhuru and Ruto assured to create one million jobs annually, provide free Wi-Fi spots across the country, lower unemployment, grow the economy by double digits, unite our nation, improve our schools, provide better working conditions for our policemen, improve our security, fight corruption, among many things.
Wairimu also supported Uhuru to help him defeat the ICC which Raila Odinga was allegedly using to eliminate competition from the 2013 presidential elections.
“It was, therefore, an easy decision on who to vote for. I voted for Jubilee. It's been over 4 years since then.”
She adds that she is sad and disappointed that after the end of his cases, President Kenyatta has never done anything to improve the lives of people around her.
“President Uhuru has had the opportunity to improve our lives; tackle corruption; create jobs, improve the working conditions of our policemen; improve our security situation; tackle unemployment; tackle rising inflation, but he did not. The best way the president would have made Raila irrelevant was by fulfilling his election promises, but he hasn't.”
Wairimu ends thus: “But I like the president to know that me, my relatives, or my neighbours have not benefited directly or indirectly from his government: we buy goods at the same price point our brothers from Nyanza does; we suffer the same effects of higher inflation.”
Has the UhuRuto team lost appeal at home? Only the August 8 elections will tell. Tick! Tock!