President Uhuru Kenyatta has been warned by COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli concerning the determinant of the voting pattern. According to Atwoli, Kenyans will vote according to what the President will do for them on May 1st during this year’s Labor Dhe outspoken trade unionist has urged the president to address the ever worsening living conditions. He also said that Uhuru should revise needs of workers before asking for their votes.
"We will show up for the Labour Day celebrations ready to receive what President Uhuru Kenyatta has for us, but he should know that we have problems. We will make our decisions depending on what we are offered. We all know that the current crop of leaders are just aligning themselves to political vehicles for re-election and not for the wellbeing of the people, but one day this will change," Atwoli said.
The COTU Secretary General also asked Kenyans to vote for leaders that have Kenyan interest at heart.
"We have some leaders in the country who have good deeds and thoughts of Kenyans and i cannot tell anyone who to vote for, but i urge us all to vote for those who have interests of the workers at heart," said Atwoli.