President Uhuru Kenyatta should serve all Kenyans equally regardless of their political affiliations of ethnic background, a section of Kisii County MCAs have said.
Led by majority chief whip Henry Moracha at Kisii Cathedral on Sunday, the leaders were unanimous that the new constitution, promulgated in 2010, reduced drastically discrimination by government in terms of development.
“Our constitution compels the government to serve all regions without prejudices whether you voted for it or not. Being a sycophant of the day’s government for the sake of development is a violation of an individual’s political right,” Moracha said.
Referring to article 38 of the constitution on freedom of political choices, the chief whip sensationally dismissed calls to abandon a referendum that is agitated by the opposition leaders.
“We have a right to defend our political stands in democratic governments like Kenya. Few individuals cannot rally against the referendum and show discrimination against certain regions labelled as opposition strongholds,” argued Moracha.
Bogetauri-Borabu MCA Albert Oino urged President Kenyatta’s government to accommodate divergent views by opposition and invest more on youths across the country.
“As opposition, we know our roles. Checking the day’s government is our obligation”, noted Oino.
The two urged the government to work closely with opposition for realisation of Vision 2030.
“In advanced democracies like US, views of the minority [opposition] are taken seriously,” Oino added.
This comes a day after President Kenyatta visited the area in a Catholic Church fundraising and urged area leaders work with the government in order to spur development in the area.
Kisii and Nyamira counties voted overwhelmingly for Cord leader Raila Odinga in the last elections.