President Uhuru Kenyatta acknowledges greetings from residents of Jomvu on Saturday. [Photo/ PSCU]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday took his campaigns to Mombasa where he told residents to vote out leaders who have failed to champion their interests and have wasted the last four years pursuing their own goals.
Uhuru said areas represented by MPs like Masoud Mwahima (Likoni), who care about solving the problems facing their people, have realised many historical and development issues resolved.The President cited the issuance of title deeds to the thousands of people of Likoni Constituency who lived as squatters for many decades.The Head of State, who spoke when he addressed a Jubilee rally at Jomvu, said no one will become a hero by insulting other leaders.“You can only become a hero if you remove the tonnes of garbage in the streets of Mombasa not by issuing insults. We will clap for you when you clean Mombasa,” he said.“How many markets have you built for small traders? How many kilometers of roads have you built?”The President said Kenyans are not interested in ‘big people’ but servant leadership that is ready to work and deliver progress.“Suleiman Shahbaal (the Jubilee Mombasa gubernatorial candidate) will serve the people of Mombasa and not his stomach,” said the President as he urged residents to vote for the Jubilee team.“We want the right leaders who will sit down with the government to solve the problems facing the people of Mombasa.”He criticised Governor Hassan Joho for his claims that the government wants to relocate the port of Mombasa to Naivasha.He said the port of Mombasa will expand and more ships will use it following the launch of the Standard Gauge Railway, contrary to false allegations by some local leaders.Deputy President William Ruto said Naivasha will become an industrial city and the dry port will serve the factories that will be set up in the Special Economic Zone.“There is a difference between a port and an industrial town and anyone who does not understand that should know that education is now free.They can go back to school and learn,” said the DP.