This archive report was first published on 1 November 2021.
President Uhuru Kenyatta's warning to Kenyans not to elect thieves in the 2022 general elections has been met with a challenge from politicians allied to Deputy President William Ruto.
Speaking in Ruiru, Kiambu county on Saturday, November 1, 2021, President Kenyatta urged Kenyans to choose leaders who will ensure the country remains peaceful and united.
“I urge you, don't be incited. Choose leaders who will carry on with the work we already started and not take us back to where we came from,” Uhuru said.
He added, “Please don't allow Mwai Kibaki's 10 years and my 10 years to be destroyed by electing thugs and thieves.”
Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua and Garissa Township MP Aden Duale responded to Uhuru's warning by telling him to exercise his power and arrest the thief.
“Maybe the President has news that there is a thief who wants to contest in the general elections. He should make plans for the person to be arrested, taken to court and sent to jail so that he won't be in the race,” Gachagua said.
Duale accused Uhuru of insulting Jubilee party members and its supporters, saying, “So President today you are telling us that 8,000,000 Jubilee supporters in your own reading are full of conmen, crooks and thieves. That is an insult to the Jubilee family and to your supporters.”
