Bukusu Elders Endorse President Uhuru's Re-election Bid
The Bukusu Council of Elders has thrown its weight behind President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in the October 17th repeat presidential election.
The pledge by the elders came barely hours after a delegation Kamba leaders led by former Kitui senator David Musila endorsed President Uhuru in a meeting held at State House, Nairobi on Monday.
At a meeting with the President and Deputy President William Ruto, the Bukusu elders vowed to mobilise voters and rally them behind Jubilee to help reclaim their August 8th victory that was overturned by the Supreme Court.
Bukusu Elders' chairman Richard Walukano cited immense benefits from projects implemented by Uhuru to the Bukusu community as the reason why they decided to endorse him.
The elders said they will carry out door-to-door campaigns for the President in Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega and Trans Nzoia counties.
“We are keen on ensuring that President Kenyatta wins with a bigger margin because we do not want the projects in our region to be derailed,” Walukano said.
Uhuru welcomed the elders’ support and assured that he will continue transforming the lives of Kenyans.
“In Western Kenya, we have constructed more roads than any other previous government. We have connected electricity to more households and revived factories, including Mumias Sugar Company, Nzoia Sugar Company and the Webuye Pan Paper Mills, which is employing hundreds of youth from the region,” he said.
Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka, who was present at the thanked President Kenyatta for the position and commended the Jubilee administration for appointing members of the community to other senior government positions.
Last week, the President hosted a delegation from Western, where former Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga led the leaders, including former Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba and former presidential candidate Cyrus Jirongo, in pledging support for Uhuru.
Comments (5)
These are fake Bukusu Europeanized elders. According to the traditional Bukusu culture, (before the European colonialists and missionaries came and messed up the African cultures) anyone accused of terminating a single human life is permanently isolated and you never associate with such a person for life.
An authentic traditional Bukusu elders won't the current Jubilee leaders!
Look at the people supporting jubilee:
1. Mkora Moses Akaranga.
2. Mkora Ababu Namwamba.
3. Mkora Cyprus Jirongo.
4. Wakora and Europeanized and brainwashed Bukusu
elders
5. Mkora Munya from Meru
6. Mkora Isaac Ruto
Uhuru has taught us that when you disagree with somebody, you address him or her as a "MKORA singular and WAKORA plural."
This is a mere publicity stunt .Take the money and vote for NASA Jubilee will be none the wiser since if they get any votes from Western it will be the lost and confused.
Nasa will be defeated by 80 %
@Ninja, are you one of the people helping Chebukati to rig the election? Have you now programmed the computer to give the WAKORA jubilee alliance presidential candidate especially MkORA Uhuru 80% of the presidential vote?
Neither MKORA Raila nor MKORA Uhuru should set foot in our state house as the president of Kenya. Both have bloated egos and should be forced to return back to civilian life. Both WAKORAs have lost touch with the ordinary wananchi. How can they build personal houses costing more than one billion shillings when 8 to 10 people are cramped in one room in Kibera, Mathare, Kawangware, Pumwani and other slums throughout the republic of Kenya?