President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Coast leaders who have resolved to work with the Jubilee government to improve the lives of residents.
The President said Jubilee is ready to work with all leaders from the Coast region and other parts of the country who are focused on development.
He asked politicians to cultivate a culture of providing solutions to the electorate’s problems instead of creating them.
“People look up to leaders to provide solutions to their problems. That is why they elect them. So, it is wrong for the same leaders to take the problems back to the electorate instead of solving them,” President Kenyatta said.
The President spoke when he addressed a public rally at Jomo Kenyatta Primary School in Msambweni.
He urged Msambweni residents to follow development-conscious leaders through the Jubilee Party that will unite all Kenyans.
President Kenyatta, who had earlier launched medical equipment worth Ksh 400 million at Msambweni hospital; and opened a tuition block and donated a bus to Msambweni Medical Training Centre, disclosed that over 5 million households are now connected to electricity across the country. Out of that number, the President said, 3 million were connected by the Jubilee Government.
He said his Government has also set aside Ksh 2 million for electricity projects in Kwale county this financial year and in two weeks 250 households more will have been connected to electricity.
Responding to Msambweni Member of Parliament Suleiman Dori, President Kenyatta said his office is open and Dori is free to go and discuss issues affecting Msambweni residents instead of lamenting in public rallies.
He outlined the projects his Government has implemented in Kwale County including Ksh 350 million allocated for the resettlement of residents to pave way for the construction Mwache dam.
Deputy President William Ruto urged Coast residents not to gamble their lives by following politicians with no known development record.
The Deputy President called on all Kwale residents to join other Kenyans in supporting Jubilee, a party whose main tenet is uniting the country.
“The Jubilee Party brings together people from all walks of life and of all ages regardless of tribe, religion or race. It is a party that will consolidated our nation’s unity for rapid development,” the Deputy President said.
Speaking at the rally, Governor Salim Mvurya urged Kwale residents to vote for President Kenyatta, Deputy President Ruto and Jubilee.
Governor Mvurya said the politics of Kwale have changed with the realisation that President Kenyatta and Deputy President Ruto are the people who are supporting the county on its development agenda not the opposition.
“And in the next General Election, we have said we will vote for those who have stood with us and supported our development agenda,” the Governor said.
He thanked President Kenyatta and his deputy for launching several projects in the county, especially the Ksh 400 million medical equipment at Msambweni hospital.
By a show of hands, Msambweni residents voiced their support for President Kenyatta, Deputy President Ruto and the Jubilee Party.
Other speakers included Kwale Senator Boy Juma Boy, Kwale Women Representative Zainab Chidzuga and Deputy Governor Fatuma Mohamed Achani.
By PSCU.