Raila roots for unity of the country
Kenya is at a turning point and its future depends on how its leaders and citizenry handle the current situation, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said.
Speaking outside the county government offices in Siaya town, Raila said the time had come for Kenyans to come together and make them move forward as a nation.
The former premier, who was on the second day of his consultative tour of the country with members of the public ahead of announcing the way forward to his supporters, said Kenyans have been in the process of nation-building for a long time, adding that as things stand now, people from different ethnic backgrounds have embraced peaceful co-existence.
“We want to create one united nation called the Republic of Kenya” he said adding, “Whatever we want or intend to do is intended to serve that purpose.”
Raila, who had earlier held a closed-door meeting with Siaya leaders, among them grassroots ODM officials, elders and members of the Siaya county government executive, called for patriotism among Kenyans, whom he urged to stop looking at each other with suspicion.
Raila said the country was at a stage where citizens must ensure that the constitution was implemented fully.
“We want to ensure that our constitution, which is rated as one of the best in the world, is fully implemented,” he said, adding that once this is done, bad governance and corruption will be taken to the museum.
Raila said that Kenyans want to see an equitable distribution of resources and parliament performing its constitutionally mandated role.
