A past jigger eradication exercise. Photo/the
NASA presidential running mate Kalonzo Musyoka has hit back at President Uhuru Kenyatta over claims that he is the cause of poverty in Ukambani region.
According to Kalonzo, the sentiments by President Kenyatta was a form of desperation by the Jubilee party.
“Ironically, even as the President and his deputy launched a tirade of attacks on me, his [Uhuru’s] own Gatundu backyard fares no better than most parts of Ukambani and other rural areas of Kenya in general,” Kalonzo said in a statement on Sunday.
He said Gatundu residents suffer from jigger infestation and have resorted to drinking cheap killer brews because of poverty yet it is the backyard of Uhuru.
“Abject poverty, characterised by the debilitating jigger menace, as well as alcoholism and drug abuse pervade the area that so far prides itself on having produced two Presidents — Jomo and Uhuru,” the former Vice President said
“They are trying too late to curry favours with a completely disgusted electorate that has already made up its mind to reject the extremely inept, blatantly corrupt and shamelessly tribal Jubilee regime on August 8,” the Wiper leader said.