President Uhuru Kenyatta campaigning at a Jubilee rally. [Photo/PSCU]
Deputy President William Ruto has said Jubilee Party will not engage in negotiations with the Opposition-Nasa because it was meant to frustrate October 17 repeat elections.
Mr Ruto said the National Supper Alliance (Nasa) was not ready for elections and wanted a “political solution” where power will be shared in boardrooms.
The Deputy President who took Jubilee campaigns to Mombasa and Kilifi counties said Nasa leaders had sensed defeat and wanted a coalition Government.
Mr Ruto said a boardroom solution being pushed by Nasa would be akin to short-changing Kenyans and taking them for a ride.
“Nasa is talking about a political solution to the October 17 elections because they have sensed defeat. They want us to negotiate how to share power and short change Kenyans on the impending elections,” he said.
“We are very clear they cannot allocate themselves power to deny Kenyans their constitutional right to elect whoever they want.
“The only political solution available is for people of Kenya to go to the ballot and elect their leaders,” he added.
The Deputy President made the remarks at Wild Waters, Mombasa where he addressed over 2,000 Jubilee leaders from all the six counties of the coast among them elected leaders.
They include Governors Salim Mvurya (Kwale), Fahim Twaha (Lamu), MPs Naomi Shaban (Taveta), Anwar Loitiptip (Lamu County), Khalib Mwashetani (Lunga Lunga), Shariff Ali (Lamu East) among others.
Others were former Tana River Governor Hussein Dado, Former MPs Gideon Mungaro (Kilifi North, Ababu Namwamba (Budalangi) and former Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi among others.
Mr Ruto said Jubilee will not engage in any boardroom negotiations but instead will vigorously campaign for the reelection of President Kenyatta.
“We know what they want. They want us to negotiate for a coalition Government. It’s Kenyans who will decide on their President,” said Mr Ruto.
He wondered why Nasa was now asking for a “political solution” when it had initiated and pursued a legal solution to the election.
He said Jubilee will abide by the Supreme Court ruling and leave “political solutions” to be decided by the electorate.
“Why are they afraid and they have been chest thumping that they enjoy popular support? As Jubilee , let’s abide by the court ruling and ask our supporters to vote,” Mr Ruto said.
He said President Kenyatta won the August 8 elections and will win with a bigger margin in the October 17 repeat polls.