Why Uhuru will not be part of Azimio campaign
President Uhuru Kenyatta has not been seen in the coalitions public events since some 26 political parties signed documents binding them to the coalition.
Murathe’s sentiments come in the wake of Uhuru, a co-founder of Jubilee and Azimio la Umoja, significantly retreating from direct involvement in Raila Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential campaign.
In an interview with NTV on Wednesday, May 25, Murathe said president Uhuru’s loud absence from Odinga’s campaign was because his work in the coalition was over.
He says being the chairperson of the Azimio la Umoja council, his work was to oversee the process of setting up the coalition’s structures and putting together the ticket.
The Jubilee party vice-chair opined that it was not Uhuru’s responsibility to campaign for anyone. He says his declaration of his preferred candidate was enough.
“President Uhuru has pronounced himself on why he prefers Raila’s Azimio and not Kenya Kwanza. In fact, he is not on the ticket and is actually going home in less than a hundred days. What matters is that he has overseen peace in the country,’ Uhuru’s ally said.
