Former President Uhuru Kenyatta urged opposition leaders to set aside personal ambitions and unite their political efforts, saying Kenyans increasingly wanted them to offer a shared alternative direction for the country.
“What happened in the past is in the past. What should concern Kenyans is where we are going,” he said.
Addressing Rigathi Gachagua, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Eugene Wamalwa, and other leaders, Kenyatta said political leadership required compromise because only one person could hold the presidency at a time.
“As I keep telling my brothers here, Steve, Rigathi, Eugene, and others, unajua kiti inaweza kukaliwa na mtu mmoja. Pia mimi naskiza ground, sio ati masikio imefungwa,” he stated.
Kenyatta said his conversations with ordinary Kenyans had shown him that many wanted opposition leaders to unite.
“Ninapotembea ground kutafuta kauji, nasikia watu wakisema ni kama wameamua kwamba shida yao ni moja, na hiyo shida ni umoja wa hii watu,” he said.
“Watu wanataka kuona hawa viongozi wetu wakishikana, lakini nahisi wameamua mahali wanaenda. Viongozi wetu, mjipange na muungane mtimize vile Wakenya wanataka.”
He said he believed the leaders would respond to the public’s call while stressing that justice must guide any effort to unite the country.
“And I am sure that is what you will deliver for us, with justice. There can be no peace without justice,” he added.
