President Uhuru Kenyatta says ruling and opposition parties have an obligation to work together to deliver economic progress for the people they serve, because growing their country came above all else.
Uhuru also said that whereas the three arms of government -- executive, legislature and parliament -- were independent, they were also inter-dependent, serving the same interests as expressed by their peoples in their constitution.
President Kenyatta spoke Saturday during his state visit to the southern African state of Mozambique, when he met Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlovo, speaker of the Mozambican National Assembly, paid homage at the heroe’s shrine and visited the port.
The speaker’s delegation included members of the ruling Frelimo and the opposition Renamo parties.
The speaker said the parties were working closely to build Mozambique’s fledgling democracy.
“The ruling party and the opposition serve the same people. There is no need for daily altercations. We have to work closely to deliver development to our people,” the President said.