President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/standard.co.ke]
President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to show up for the much anticipated presidential debate that took place Monday, July, 24 at the Catholic University in Nairobi.
His main political rival, the National Super Alliance (Nasa) flag bearer Raila Odinga, turned up for the debate and was given an opportunity to sell his candidacy to Kenyans for 90 minutes.
A sections of Kenyans who followed the debate across the country were unhappy with Uhuru after he skipped the debate. They said he was thankless to Kenyans even after they gave him chance to rule the country.
Under the #ThanklessUhuru, they took on social media to express their disappointment with the president.
Below are some reactions from Kenyans on twitter:
@NicholasMobaya: #ThanklessUhuru park and the office safely, the outgoing president, uhuru kenyatta
@Kennedy71362718: #ThanklessUhuru could not even show up for 90min to tell us what he has done for five years that he has been in power.
@ItsMutai: I hereby declare UHURU Kenyatta's actions of not attending the debate as Rude, disrespectful and sheer balderdash. #ThanklessUhuru
@CKanunda: #thanklessuhuru the overconfidence you got is and will be detrimental to you just like #pharaoh that's y Joshua takes us to canaan
@Disembe If there is anything @RailaOdinga didn't say, it was precisely why #ThanklessUhuru should have attended the debate, to say it. @ItsMutai
@BettylneM: Five years of pathetic failure, #ThanklessUhuru could not even honour us with only 90 minutes. Yet we know he's always IDLE.
@opargoo: #ThanklessUhuru misusing our military, Military must keep off this elections and concentrate in protecting our borders
Jakatwenga @opargoo: #ThanklessUhuru waiting for extra 2millions ballots from #Al Ghurair for ballots stuffing. Roundi hii over our dead body.
@FashionRebelMU: #ThanklessUhuru He is afraid of accountability,shame!
@opargoo: #ThanklessUhuru full of self entitlement fails to show up for debate hopping to use #military to rig elections as in 2013. #BallotStuffingKE.”