Kindiki urges Mt Kenya to avoid clueless politicians heading nowhere

Prof. Kindiki said some leaders, who have occupied powerful positions before, have become busy bodies moving around the region urging people not to support the government terming such retrogressive and political miscalculation.

“When they were in power, they never bothered to push for any development for the people in the region. After losing their seats, they are lecturing us and telling us to abandon government for uncertainty and unknown. We cannot and we will not allow that to happen,” DP stated.

The Deputy President spoke on Friday during South Imenti Constituency Economic Empowerment Engagement at Nkubu Stadium, Nkubu town, Meru County.

Prof. Kindiki said the region, including Meru County, has immensely benefitted from development projects rolled out by the Kenya Kwanza Administration assuring that many more are in the pipeline.

Among them is the upgrading of Meru Referral Hospital to Level 6 hence accessibility to better health services for the locals, construction of the Gakoromone modern market in Meru town at a cost of Sh800 million making it the largest in the country and redesigning of Nithi bridge for Sh8 billion.

The government has also completed Nkubu-Uruku Road that had stalled for years.

Others are the elevation of Mitunguu National Polytechnic and the planned construction of Mitunguu Airport in South Imenti. 

“We are not supporting the President just for the sake of it, we have seen what he has done and what he has planned for the region that is why we are saying he should serve for two terms,” DP emphasized.

Prof. Kindiki said the government is prioritizing commencement and completion of Nithi Bridge in order to avert deaths linked to its poor design.

“The previous governments didn’t fund the redesigning of Nithi Bridge and no one threatened them with one term. But now President Ruto has allocated Sh8 billion for its construction and some are telling us to vote him out. It’s not possible. The President will serve for two terms,” DP declared.  

The Second In Command said all the ongoing projects in Meru will be completed on time urging residents not to be fed lies and empty rhetoric by those who did nothing when they served.

“I cannot be a DP and here in Meru, the President has no support. I will do everything possible to make sure he is respected and supported because we have seen what he has done and what he will do,” he said.