President Uhuru Kenyatta has criticised opposition leaders politicising the government’s efforts to ensuring that all Kenyans get access to electricity through the Last Mile Programme.
Addressing residents at Kopsiro grounds in Bungoma County when he launched the issuance of more than 2,000 title deeds for squatters in the area on Thursday, President Kenyatta said the country's industrialization needs could not be achieved if all parts of the country were not connected to electricity.
“We cannot eradicate unemployment and reduce poverty if Kenyans do not have access to important services like electricity, water and roads among others,” said President Kenyatta.
“As a nation, we can confidently say that the foundation to move Kenya into a middle income country by 2030 has been firmly laid. The journey towards the transformation of our country is on course,” he added.
He assured Kenyans that the government is establishing workable solutions to problems facing Kenyans, wondering why the opposition was criticizing its development projects without giving alternative solutions to problems facing the country.
“Some people have electricity in their homes and we wonder why they are opposed to other Kenyans getting electricity in their homes as well,” said President Kenyatta.
By DPPS