President Uhuru Kenyatta with a child during Jubilee Party campaigns in Nakuru, September 8, 2017. [Photo|PSCU]President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned the opposition leader Raila Odinga to drop his bid to 'complicate and delay' the repeat presidential election.He said the prolonged electioneering had affected businesses and that the economy was already feeling the negative effects occasioned by the nullification of his August 8 elections victory, by the Supreme Court.Speaking in Gilgil town and Naivasha, Kenyatta said the opposition leader should be ready for the repeat polls ordered by the courts and whose date had already been set by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.The president also asked the IEBC to prepare for the polls and stop engaging with 'side shows' of the opposition.“IEBC is an independent commission. You are not supposed to take instructions from me and certainly not from Raila. Prepare for the election so that Kenyans can once again exercise their right to choose their leader,” said the President."We are not interested in games and newspaper stories. We want you to tell us that you have prepared well for the election."Kenyatta said Jubilee leaders and supporters had proved that they were peace loving Kenyans following the decision by the Supreme Court to nullify his clear victory, and father criticised the judges for nullifying his win.“15 million Kenyans voted and everyone knew that we won. Four people decided their voice is bigger than the voice of 15 million Kenyans. If the court was just and if Raila has any dispute over the votes cast, the votes should have been recounted,” said the president.He said Kenya was lucky because the victory that was nullified was his and not Raila's.“If Raila was in my position, I am sure Kenyans would have been in trouble today,” said the President.He was accompanied by his Deputy William Ruto, Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui, Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen among others, Friday.

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