President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the people of North Eastern are one of the biggest stakeholders of the Jubilee Government, even though the opposition claims the area has been marginalized.
The President, who spoke on Sunday when he visited Garissa, said the Jubilee Government has set the unprecedented record of having the highest number of senior government positions in the hands of people from the counties of Mandera, Wajir and Garissa.
The Head of State said the opposition wants to sustain the problem of marginalization so that they can use it for their own political gain.
“For the first time, the Leader of Majority (Aden Duale) comes from North Eastern, the Cabinet Secretary for Trade Adan Mohamed is from Mandera and the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Minister (Amina Mohamed) is one of you,” said the President.
“Jubilee has not left out the people of North Eastern. Is there any Government that has included more people from this region in government than Jubilee,” said the President when he addressed a rally in Garissa.
He further noted that the Jubilee Administration has connected Garissa to the national grid to provide a permanent source of power.
President Kenyatta said those in the opposition are insincere when they talk about the problems facing the people of North Eastern.
“Your neighbor Kalonzo Musyoka was in Government for 35 years. Let him show us one thing he has done for the people of Garissa,” said the President.
The President said those in the opposition have used the problems associated with the North Eastern region to gain politically but did nothing to solve them.
“We in Jubilee have said we will solve your problems and we embarked on it the day we came in. We do not want to use them for political gain or use them to incite,” said the President.
The rally was also addressed by Majority Leader Aden Duale and Jubilee candidate for Garissa governor Ali Korane.
The President also spoke in Masalani in Garissa County before addressing more rallies in Modogashe and Merti in Isiolo County.