Uhuru alleges plot to delay polls

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has claimed some foreign countries were plotting to have the March 4 election pushed to August next year.

The National Alliance presidential aspirant urged foreign powers to stop meddling in the country’s internal affairs and let Kenyans choose their leaders.

“It is only Kenyans who will decide their fourth President and in the polls date as stipulated by the Kenyan Constitution and agreed by Kenyans, not outside powers,” said Mr Kenyatta during a rally in Narok.

He went on: “Kenya is a sovereign country and only Kenyan electorate will decide who will be their next President and when the election should be held not Western forces.”

URP leader William Ruto had raised similar sentiments last week.

The Eldoret North MP, who was campaigning in Narok, said they would soon name the foreign countries.

“What I said in an earlier press release was the truth and I’m not going to repeat it again,” he said in Suswa area.

Juja MP William Kabogo, who accompanied Mr Kenyatta, claimed Western forces were working out a scheme to postpone the elections to bar Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto from contesting the presidency.

“We are collecting all these facts, and we will know who is behind the scheme and we will tell Kenyans to reject the ploy,” said Mr Kabogo.

During a recent visit to the country, former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan cautioned Kenyans against electing leaders whose integrity were questionable, saying it would have negative implications for Kenya’s foreign relations.