President Uhuru at a past Jubilee Party event. [Photo/Daily Nation]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised that next week’s general election will be the most peaceful Kenya has ever had.
According to excerpts the Nation obtained from a television live chat aired on K24 and Facebook live on Sunday, Uhuru said his Jubilee administration is working towards realising this goal.
“We are putting in place measures and our security team is working to ensure the safest and most peaceful elections held in this country,” said Uhuru.
Uhuru at the same time said he will concede if he loses the contest fairly, and urged his rivals to do the same in order to uphold peace in the country.
“I am the man who abides by the wish of the people and I pray that my opponents do the same. I ask Kenyans to look at one another as brother and sister,” said Uhuru.
He defended Jubilee’s track record noting that it has realised much for the period it has been in power.
“We don’t want a situation where anyone coming from places like Moyale says they are going to ‘Kenya' just because they feel excluded,” said he.
He noted that his administration has initiated more projects such as roads, boreholes and electricity than any other previous regime for the marginalised regions.
Although he admitted that his government has not been able to deliver on the stadia pledge it made in 2013, he was quick to note that several have even been commissioned and are now under construction.
He, however, blamed the county governments of Mombasa and Kisumu for having issues, which he noted have delayed progress in building the facilities.
On the East Africa Community (EAC) integration, Uhuru said; "We want to ensure our people in the EAC do business or live anywhere in the region and my government is committed to this."