Uhuru Kenyatta warns Kenya’s progress is stalling amid policy shifts on key programmes
Through his address, Uhuru Kenyatta painted a picture of a country whose development gains are under threat, urging political focus, accountability, and reforms as essential steps to restore progress for Kenyans.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned that Kenya’s progress is stalling, pointing to the discontinuation of key social programmes and the rise of untested policies that, he says, are leaving citizens to suffer
Speaking during the Jubilee Party National Delegates Convention (NDC) on Friday, Uhuru said his message during the last general election was largely ignored but has since been validated by the realities facing the country today.
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"In the last general election, I endeavoured to pass this message, unfortunately, it fell on deaf ears and was lost in the noise of insults, character assassinations, myths and stories of dynasties and hustlers and so on," he said.
"Today, many of the gains we had in the past have been eroded, Linda Mama and others replaced by new, untried, untested schemes, and while we wait for these experiments to work, Kenyans suffer and our progress is retarded. As we continue to dwell in rhetoric rather than in progress, we repeat the mistakes of the past," he added.
The former president also reflected on his 40-year political journey, urging leaders to avoid bitterness, anger, and hate, and to remain focused on their mission and vision.
“I have learned that in politics, you cannot be driven by bitterness, anger, or hate, because that only distracts you from your mission and vision,” he said.
Uhuru called on party delegates to support reforms aimed at revitalising internal structures, including amendments to the party constitution.
“Our first mission was to pass amendments to the party constitution to ensure machinations of the past will not be used to hold back our progress,” he said, stressing the need to include young people and leaders of integrity in decision-making.
He also reminded delegates that the Jubilee Party remains a member of the Azimio la Umoja coalition, adding that any future decisions on participation will be made by the party’s leadership.
“For the sake of clarity, I wish to remind Kenyans that the Jubilee Party, as you all know, has been largely silent for the past three years. When we last convened the NDC toward the 2022 general elections, the party resolved to become a member of the Azimio la Umoja coalition because I, as the party leader then and now, was convinced that the coalition and its members shared a common vision for our country. In the years since then, however, the Azimio coalition membership has changed,” he said.
“Notwithstanding these changes, the party, as per the decisions of our organs, remains a member of what is left of this coalition, and any decision on whether to reinvest in it or leave it will be a decision for the party’s leadership to take when the time comes. But as of now, we are where we were before.”
Through his address, Uhuru Kenyatta painted a picture of a country whose development gains are under threat, urging political focus, accountability, and reforms as essential steps to restore progress for Kenyans.
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