Uhuru reads riot act to Nairobi’s newly elected leaders
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday read the riot act to all Nairobi leaders elected in the just concluded general elections.
The president told the Nairobi Jubilee leaders that they must avoid squabbles when they take office and deliver real change to the capital city’s residents.
“Nairobians want to see efficient garbage collection, clean water, and better traffic flow. In short, they want to see a rapid and significant improvement in service delivery,” said the President.
The president was speaking when he met the elected leaders at a city hotel on Saturday.
President Kenyatta congratulated the politicians for their poll victories but warned them that not focusing on the lives of Nairobians would cost them public confidence.
“Most of you have been elected for the first time, don’t allow power to get into your head. I have seen many taking that route and they failed. Wananchi are our bosses and that’s why we want to change Nairobi for the benefit of wananchi,” said President Kenyatta.
He said Jubilee leaders need to work as a team to transform Nairobi and deliver quality improved services required by Nairobi residents.
“We want to change Nairobi, not for the benefit of leaders, and not for the benefit of the few who are able to make it on their own, but for the majority who depend on us to change their lives,” said the President.
The President said time has come for elected leaders to put in place policies, which would transform citizen’s lives.
He added, “Please preach peace, tell wananchi in every estate to live together peaceful even as leaders sort out themselves. I’m counting on you to be peace ambassadors.”
