[President Uhuru Kenyatta. He will be seeking re-election on the Jubilee Party ticket. Courtesy: Citizen TV]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has accused the opposition coalition NASA of using propaganda and lies in a move aimed at gaining political mileage.
Speaking on Saturday during a political rally in Meru county, the Head of State called on Kenyans to reject the Opposition, observing that they have nothing new to offer the country.
“Some people are spreading propaganda and telling farmers that the registration will be used to tax farmers. That is a lie. The truth is that the data will be used for purposes of guiding State support for the sector,” he said.
He further defended the Jubilee adminstration's track record, saying he has achieved a lot of pledges made to Kenyans in the run up to the 2013 general elections.
“This is the first government that has made miraa a cash crop and today, there is no difference between coffee farmers and miraa farmers,” he stated.
“There is no government prior to the Jubilee administration that has ever done anything meaningful for miraa farmers before we came into power. They are only going round with propaganda,” he added.