President Kenyatta has warned the opposition that they are free not to participate in the August election, but should not sabotage the exercise.
Speaking in Lokichar, Turkana County on Monday, and Kenyatta said the opposition should wait for 2022 if they feel aggrieved to participate in this year’s election.
“They should stop playing with the minds of Kenyans. If they are not ready for the polls, let them step aside and allow those who want to participate to do so instead of trying to sabotage the process. Kenyans are ready to go to the polls on August 8 and no one will deny them that right,” President Kenyatta said.
Addressing a huge crowd in the county, Kenyatta said if he wanted to be vexatious he would have used the courts to argue that he has served for only four and a half years instead of a full five-year term.
“But that does not support the spirit of the Constitution. The opposition leaders who are pricing themselves as democrats should know that,” the President said.
The President was accompanied by Deputy President William Ruto and other Jubilee leaders from the county, and added that it would not be fair to Kenyans for the opposition to scuttle the August polls in the quest of advancing their selfish personal interests.