President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged leaders from Kajiado County to support the Jubilee agenda in this year’s election.

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This comes as the Maasai community intensifies the search for the next kingpin following the deaths of William Ole Ntimama and John Keen.

A section of leaders from the community have insisted that their next kingpin should be elected based on his development track record, adding that no one should be imposed on the people.

Interior CS Joseph Nkaisserry and National Cohesion and Integration Commission chairman Francis Ole Kaparo are the current front runners in the race, with others being former CS Joseph Ole Lenku and head of the Anglican Church of Kenya Jackson ole Sapit.

Speaking on Saturday at State House, Nairobi, when he hosted Kajiado County leaders, Uhuru cautioned the community against falling for the opposition propaganda that the Government has not fulfilled the pledges it gave to the people.

The President cited various projects undertaken by the Government in Kajiado in the past three and half years, saying no other government has “done what Jubilee has done for the Maasai”.

“Jubilee government has done a lot in Kajiado from technical training institutes, water projects, roads and electricity connection,” said the President.

He said more than 60,000 households have been connected to electricity in Kajiado, and that some roads are under construction and others will be launched soon.

The President also cited the construction of Isinya-Mashuru and Ngong-Kiserian roads.

He said it is unfortunate that the opposition spreads lies, yet its leaders have nothing to show for the many decades they have been in government.

He termed as unfortunate propaganda spread in Kajiado over land, saying the Siaya Senator James Orengo, who was the Lands minister under Raila, did not deal with the issues facing Kajiado.

“They say Jubilee government is grabbing land in Kajiado. Let one person show any land taken over by the Government. In fact, when Orengo was Lands minister, he unprocedurally allocated land in Lamu. It is the Jubilee Government which canceled the title deeds and gave back the land to the people of Lamu,” the Head of State said.

The President urged Kajiado leaders to lead wananchi in recruiting Jubilee members and in the registration of voters that begins on Monday.

Additional reporting by PSCU.