President Uhuru Kenyatta alongside NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga, at past. [Photo|Mwakilishi.com]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for political tolerance, across the country.
This is after he was heckled alongside his deputy, William Ruto, when they took Jubilee Party campaigns to Luo Nyanza, Wednesday.
Nasa perceived supporters heckled the duo, in Mbita Constituency, Homa Bay County, saying Ruto should not address them.
Uhuru called for peace, warning whoever wants to heckle and disrupt political rallies.
Speaking during the burial ceremony of the late Interior and Coordination Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery, Uhuru said the CS' aim was to see a peaceful before, during, and after elections, and so it should be.
"Kenya will remain, after August 8. It has to be peaceful. It has to be secure. It has to be united. That is the legacy General Nkaissery would have loved to see. That’s what we must give him. What we have seen in the last few days has no place in our country, it is not democracy. It should be brought to an end. Abuse, jeering, heckling will not add a single vote to the tally of those you support," Uhuru said, Saturday.
His sentiments follows those by Nasa presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, after he was heckled during a Nasa rally in Baringo County, same day, by Jubilee perceived supporters.
"The groups of young people who attacked our convoy with stones and other weapons were obviously organised. While the campaign season has seen incidents of heckling, this is the first time such violence has been witnessed," raila said, after he was attacked.
Raila's team was as well heckled in Thika, and Githurai areas in Kiambu county, Thursday, by Jubilee perceived supporters, forcing him to cut short his rally.
"However it's another matter when people come to rallies armed to cause violence. I am asking both our supporters and Jubilee's to be calm at opposing rallies. Make your opinion be known if you must. It's part of a democratic process of engaging competing opinions. Organised violence has no place in this process," said raila.
The two rivals urged their supporters to exercise political tolerance, and wait to make their decision, at the ballot.