A senior officer within the ranks of Nakuru county government administration has expressed concern at the rate at which some leaders are engaging in early campaigns at the expense of serving the common mwananchi, arguing that it was still early to start campaigns.
According to Nakuru deputy governor Joseph Rutto, a section of leaders both at the county and national fronts were busy seeking re-election while thousands of projects still laid unfinished.
Speaking in his Kuresoi South backyard on Sunday, Rutto noted that thirst for leadership was to be blamed for underdevelopment in the country.
"It's interesting that some sitting leaders are already on the ground campaigning barely a year to the elections, making one to wonder; who will serve the local communities?" The deputy county boss wondered.
He advised such leaders to use this time touring their respective areas of jurisdiction to access their development record so far before seeking re- election arguing that it would be irrelevant to ask for votes from people they had not represented well all along the five years.
"Seat down, look at your previous manifesto, if you feel you have scored more than 70 per cent, you are safe, anything less than that is a mockery to the people you serve because in my opinion, it beats logic to campaign having not fulfilled anything you promised," he noted.
A lot has been said about Rutto's candidature in the Kuresoi South parliamentary seat but he has personally played cool insisting that his commitment at the moment was to serve Nakuru people in his capacity as deputy governor.