Former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) secretary general Mukhisa Kituyi has released a presidential campaign strategy ahead of 2022 General Elections.
In a video, Kituyi said that he understands the country’s challenges having being raised from an economically disadvantaged family.
However, his experience of working in Government and the UN, according to him, made him capable to fighting poverty and has skills required to solve development challenges in the country.
“I was raised in a poor background and from an earlier life, I experienced hunger and scarcity. I know what you are going through.But by the grace of God, I managed to get high-class education and had the privilege to serve as a Government minister and the first Kenyan Head of a United Nations organization. I have dealt with challenges of development and fighting poverty, I have helped the government fashion solutions to development problems, I have advised presidents and cabinets on how to turn their countries around,” he said.
“I know how to deal with development challenges, I know what needs fixing, I have the toolkit for fixing it, I have the knowledge and experience to solve our national problems.”
Kituyi has joined Deputy President William Ruto, businessman Jimmy Wanjigi and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who have expressed intrest in succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Kituyi’s entry into politics has elicited mixed reactions from both political observers and Kenyans.
The question is not if he is qualified, but how will he make it to the top seat, with his latest assault scandal and in a country where politics is strongly grounded in ethnic and regional concerns.
A woman identified in police records as Diana Opemi Lutta filed an assault report against Kituyi, who is said to have been assaulted to have been assaulted on May 22.
The woman was issued with a P3 form to seek medication on injuries she claims to have sustained during the scuffle.
She cited that Kituyi allegedly pushed her from the bed and continuously kicked her while on the floor claiming it led to injuries sustained on her left knee.
Kituyi however, denied the accusations stating that the case had been resolved and police statement withdrawn.
