NASA co-principal Isaac Ruto. [Photo/Zipo.co.ke]
NASA co-principal Isaac Ruto has condemned attempts to disrupt rallies where President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga attended.
Uhuru and Raila attended separate rallies in Kisumu and Kabarnet respectively on Wednesday where residents heckled them.
“It is wrong for supporters of either side to attempt to disrupt political rallies in their home turfs. Such unbecoming behavior should be discouraged and condemned by all leaders and Kenyans of all walks of life,” the Bomet governor said as quoted by Nation.
“Those who tried to heckle NASA leaders in Kabarnet town while claiming the area was a Jubilee zone should know that their leaders will visit NASA and Chama Cha Mashinani party strongholds to campaign and we can choose to kick them out. But that is not how we want to run our campaigns,” he said
Speaking during a rally at Lel Barak, Ruto urged leaders and their supporters to preach peace and tolerance.
“I am inviting Presidential candidates Cyrus Jirongo, Abduba Dida, Ekuru Aukot and Joseph Nyaga to campaign in Rift Valley region and they should be accorded the respect they deserve," said the outspoken governor.
“Those who do not subscribe to their school of thought should keep off the rallies instead of attending with a view to disrupting them,” he said.
“For the 3 times the President and his Deputy have been to the South Rift and especially in Bomet to campaign, they have been accorded the respect they deserve and I have gone out of my way to impress upon CCM and NASA supporters to keep off the rallies for the sake of peace,” noted Ruto.
He drummed up support for NASA and assured that Jubilee will be locked out in the same region they are claiming to be their supportive zone.