President William Ruto has described retired president Uhuru Kenyatta as the leader of the Opposition party in his maiden address to a joint sitting of Parliament.
The head of state arrived at parliament buildings on the afternoon of Thursday, September 29, for his inaugural address to members of the National Assembly and the Senate.
Ruto hailed the country’s democracy saying it has come of age following his election as the 5th President.
He claimed that in the run-up to the recent elections, Kenya became the first country in the world to have a sitting deputy President become the leader of the opposition.
“This only happens in Kenya, the sitting deputy president became the candidate of the opposition and the leader of the opposition became the candidate of government and as things would be, the opposition candidate won the election and became president and the president became the leader of the opposition party,” Ruto said.
The President acknowledged that the election was, however, closely contested, and pledged to serve all Kenyans, irrespective of who they voted for.
The Head of State further pointed out that the entrenched ethnicity in the country was also voted out on the August 9.
