President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing a public baraza at Mukunguni Square, Lamu Island. [Photo/ PSCU]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday urged Kenyans to evaluate the actions of politicians known for using deceptive rhetoric but who in reality do not have their interests at heart.
The President made the statement when he visited Lamu County and addressed a political rally.
He urged the residents to put the leaders in opposition on a scale using their actions when they were in government.
The President said politicians like opposition leader Raila Odinga, who are fond of falsely claiming that members of the Muslim community are marginalized in the current Administration, did much less when he was in a position of authority.
He said the reality is the opposite of Odinga's claims because members of the Muslim community hold more senior positions in the Jubilee Government than at any other time.
He said Jubilee does not discriminate on religion or region, adding that Muslims hold significant positions of Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries.
The President cited Cabinet Secretaries Amina Mohammed (Foreign), Adan Mohamed (Industrialisation), Hassan Wario (Sports), Najib Balala (Tourism).
“Let the ODM leader Raila Odinga tell Muslims what he did for them when he had 20 Cabinet slots in the Coalition Government,” the President challenged the opposition chief.
He said the Jubilee Government has appointed more Muslims to other senior government positions including parastatal chairmen and ambassadors than any previous administration.