President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the opposition to give him time to work in his second term.
The President who spoke in Kirinyaga on Thursday during the launch of sh20 billion Thiba Dam project said he is tired of politics all over.
He said he needs a break from all that so as to concentrate on his projects because, they, NASA have an opportunity to politic when they run against his Deputy William Ruto in 2022.
“I am only in power for five years. After that, they will run against Ruto. Let me finish my projects in peace,” said the President.
He said Kenya is drowning in a political tide and it has become a nuisance to even listen to analysts on TV.
“I do not even watch TV nowadays because it is dominated by the so-called political analysts yet the campaign period is over. The analysts do not help us.
“We need to start working now. Kenyans will not feed on politics. Kenyans want ugali on the table and other services provided to them. These are the crucial things,” added Uhuru.
He also said tribalism which has rocked the country will hurdle his development agenda in his last term.
“We cannot achieve development with tribalism and politics all the time. It’s time to work. Allow me to work for five years and then I go and leave DP William Ruto to deal with politics.”
The President-elect is set to be sworn-in on Tuesday in a fete marred by threats of a parallel ‘swearing-in’ ceremony by NASA.
NASA has said they will swear-in their “President” Raila Odinga on Tuesday. They have not disclosed the location yet.
However, the state has said it is not bothered at all by such a move as long as it will be a private affair.
In an address to journalists in Nairobi on Thursday, Government Spokesperson Eric Kiraithe said that, “The question of a person congregating his friends to swear him in is not an issue and has no legal concern.
If they held it somewhere without interfering with the rights of other people, then the government would not even be concerned.”