He needs to be taken care of, Uhuru is too powerful- Atwoli.
Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli, has opined that the former president, Uhuru Kenyatta needs to be handled with care.
He stated this issue of looking out for the fomer presidents, be enshrined in the constitution.
He stated,”Remember, I warned you in 2017 that the retired Uhuru Kenyatta has too much money and can’t just be left alone, he needs to be taken care of. We need to look at this constitution, amend it and say that once a president has served his 10 years he becomes a peacemaker.”
Atwoli was speaking in reference to the talks that can bring together, President William Ruto and the opposition leader, Raila Odinga. He highlighted that this peace talks, should be the work of a former president.
The COTU Secretary General, expressed that as long as president Uhuru is retired, he should not be affiliated into any party or takes sides in matters politics.
He stated,”Our retired President should be a peacemaker. You are asking me to reconcile Raila and Ruto. That should be the work of Uhuru Kenyatta. Once you become a retired president you don’t need to take political sides. You want to be a peacemaker in your country and an international peacemaker.”
His concerns comes days after Raila Odinga hinted at another round of demonstrations, after the failed bipartisan talks.
However, President Ruto has maintained that Kenya does not need to witness protests.
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