Uhuru Kenyatta

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Fellow Kenyans, hon. Members, today, I invite you to a moment of national self- reflection. At a personal level, I am compelled to return to the question of our nationhood as crafted by our founding fathers and re-imagined by us in August, 2010. In discussing this question, I will expound on the Nationalist Covenant. This Covenant was crafted as an exchange of promises and guarantees between the communities that make Kenya. It was built as a bond that waxes the 42 communities to one nation. It defined our lowest common denominator and our irreducible minimum as a collection of communities. ... view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The Nationalist Covenant is a bond that brings together 40 million Kenyans. It is greater than each one of us but must respect every one of the 40 million of us. This Covenant is sacred and the 40 million who created it are sacred too. Administrations will come and go but the Covenant and the people remain. Leaders will come and go but the Covenant and the people shall remain. If we disagree as leaders, the Covenant does not change. It remains unmoved and is the embodiment of all our collective aspirations, the representation of all of us. This unity ... view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: (Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta) view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, those in Opposition and alternative society have disagreed with our understanding of this Nationalist Covenant. As a democratically elected Government, we have supported their concerns as part of the expansion of citizen expression. In fact, I think from this, we have created an active and effective Opposition and civil society – in fact, the most active on the continent of Africa –and we celebrate this diversity and Kenyan invention. However, our Opposition should be reminded that they are the alternative side of the Nationalist Covenant; that they are part of it and they are bound by it through ... view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: (Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta) view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: That is why, today, I invite the Opposition and the alternative society to liberally criticise my Government’s agenda but they must not criticise it as a sport. They must criticise it as owners of the Covenant and provide alternatives. Criticism without alternatives is just reckless political sport. Further, I also address myself to the beneficiaries of expanded fields of citizen expression including civil society, the general population and the media. They must enjoy the new liberties with conscientiousness, responsibility and faithfulness to the Covenant. I say this, hon. Members, because new found liberties have a way of promoting reckless abandon. ... view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speakers, hon. Members and fellow Kenyans, I will now turn to a record of the pledges given by my Government for the current reporting year and our achievements so far. Then, I will attempt to tie them to our nationhood. It must be noted that development is a secondary and supportive aspect of our nationhood. We are a nation on the path of progress; a nation on the move that is rapid and impressive enough to attract the attention of the world. We continue to dare, to hope in the promise of prosperity for every Kenyan. We hold steady ... view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Over the last two weeks, you have heard in great detail the achievements of my administration in the last 12 months. You have heard from my Deputy President as well as Cabinet Secretaries the lengths to which we have gone and we will continue to go in order to transform this nation. I want, today, to give context to the work we have done; what it means to the Kenyan people and where we are heading in the coming years. Our economy is resilient at a time of global economic and financial turmoil that has seen some of the strongest ... view
• 31 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: (Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta) view