{"id":136365,"date":"2026-04-01T18:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/uhuru-urges-political-class-to-rise-above-insults-ethnic-divisions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:02:49","slug":"uhuru-urges-political-class-to-rise-above-insults-ethnic-divisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/uhuru-urges-political-class-to-rise-above-insults-ethnic-divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru Urges Political Class To Rise Above Insults, Ethnic Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 1 \u2013 Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the political class to rise above partisan divides, emphasizing the need for leadership rooted in service, integrity, and national unity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday in Kirinyaga County during the burial ceremony of former Kirinyaga Senator Daniel Karaba, Kenyatta urged leaders to focus on addressing the country\u2019s challenges and rise above insults and tribal divisions<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Kenyans want leadership that provides direction and fosters peace and stabilit<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe leaders, that is what the people of Kenya want. They want leadership; they don\u2019t want politics or insults,\u201d Uhuru said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want direction, they want leadership that can see them to the other side. Our country needs unity in order for us to have peace, stability, and progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the country needs leaders of integrity who serve citizens rather than themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA country needs leaders who are principled and who are there to serve their people because by serving your people, by extension you are serving your God. Let\u2019s shun selfishness and recognize that our utmost duty is to serve the citizenry and all Kenyans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He reflected on the vision he shared with late opposition leader Raila Odinga, emphasizing the importance of unity over ethnic or tribal politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur biggest job, what we really desired, was for this country to be united, to be together, to be led by policies and principles, not by tribe, ethnic bitterness, and hatred,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come amid growing public concerns over governance, economic challenges, and the conduct of the political class, as the nation approaches the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The burial ceremony was attended by several senior opposition figures including former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang\u2019i, Martha Karua, Eugene Wamalwa, Justin Muturi and James Orengo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 1 \u2013 Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the political class to rise above partisan divides, emphasizing the need for leadership rooted in service, integrity, and national unity. Speaking on Wednesday in Kirinyaga County during the burial ceremony of former Kirinyaga Senator Daniel Karaba, Kenyatta urged leaders to focus on addressing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}