President Uhuru Kenyatta who waits to usher in a new government had the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) as his biggest fail. He was speaking with a native station.
The president said that the greatest beneficiaries of the initiative were those from Mt Kenya. BBI was seeking to establish equality in sharing of resources.
Given that the region never had a presidential candidate, the amendment would be a collateral.
“I’m grateful that the handshake brought peace but I regret that it did not fully unite our country. I also regret that lies and propaganda came our way and halted my agenda for my community.
“I’m happy that we ended campaigns without an iota of violence or mayhem all over the country. I have conducted two handshakes (2013 and 2018) and all this was because of my community and my effort has bore fruits as has been witnessed during the electioneering period.” Uhuru said.
According to the President, political allies were against his move making the first handshake with the Deputy President William Ruto, the same way they are with the handshake with Raila Odinga.
It has never been about me, it has always been about the country, peace is the foundation of development in any country,” he added.
He also reminded natives that he cooperated with Mwai Kibaki who was an opposition leader in 2007, the same he did to Raila who has led the opposition for years.
“I was the leader of opposition in 2007 but I saw the tribal alliance that were forming and I stepped down and supported Kibaki and even my party members were against,” Uhuru claimed.
The Commander of Armed Forces said that he will be available for mediation and peace talks in the country.
“I’m going nowhere, I’m still around and will be available when needed in the country. I’m still not old and energetic and ready to help my community and the country when needed, we shall also be meeting in churches or when slaughtering a goat for wazee,” he said.
Read More:
Uhuru claimed that his effort to fight corruption was politicized, which created a barrier from creating a corruption free nation.
“Politicisation of the fight against graft where the corrupt tag along their tribe and political affiliation has been a challenge in the graft while judiciary has dragged itself in solving corruption cases.” He revealed.
Uhuru did not leave out the matter of debt that majorly undermine the nation.
” no country can expand its GDP without borrowing. Countries like Japan borrow 120 per cent of their GDP while America borrows 80 per cent of their GDP, the problem is how we use the loans. I hope that my successor will fight corruption for Kenyans to realize the value of their taxes,” said the President.
He ended up urging the Mt Kenya residents to vote intellectually and not base on sweet tongue.
GOT a story? RING Kerosi Dotcom on EMAIL info@kerosi.com
2 thoughts on “Building Bridges Initiative as Uhuru’s biggest regret”
Comments are closed.