Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta promises to softly hand over power to Ruto

President Uhuru Kenyatta Image: PSCU

NAIROBI, Kenya - The incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to hand over power smoothly to President-Elect -Dr. William Ruto.
He was speaking from the State house - in Nairobi where he reiterated his commitment to overseeing a smooth handover and peaceful transition of power to the next regime.

In a Monday televised speech Kenyatta said in abiding by the pledge he made when he took the oath of office to uphold the rule of law and respect the decisions of judicial processes, he will respect the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the election of William Ruto as President-elect.

President Kenyatta "Just like I made a commitment to executing the orders of this court to the latter. It’s my intention to oversee a smooth transition to the next administration and all the necessary orders to facilitate these processes have already been issued."

The Kenyan head of State however did not congratulate Ruto but commended Kenyans for upholding peace throughout the election process and during the time the outcome was contested in court.

Kenyatta pointed out that democracy is a continuous process, Uhuru appealed to the citizens to also respect the institutions that will midwife the transition process saying it's their civic duty.

However, the president urged Kenyans to call the same institutions to question the execution of their mandate.

"They must test them for coherence but also for correspondence. they must also scrutinize the coherence given by these institutions and ask themselves whether the truth has been coherent from one election to another, and whether has there been a consistent pattern that is acceptable to our democratic ethos. We must ask ourselves, is it about numbers, or is it about the process.?

The president-elect is now set to swearing in on September 13, 2022.

The constitution requires that the new occupant of the office of President be sworn in on the first Tuesday after seven days of his declaration as President-elect.

GAROWE ONLINE