NAIROBI, Kenya- Jubilee Party Secretary General Moitalel Ole Kenta has criticised the Kenya Kwanza administration for what he described as an excessive focus on former President Uhuru Kenyatta, four years after he left office.
In a strongly worded statement, Kenta said the government should stop using the retired President as a political scapegoat and instead concentrate on its own record in office.
“Let Uhuru Kenyatta be!” Kenta said, arguing that the former Head of State is constitutionally entitled to his privacy, opinions and rights as a Kenyan citizen.
Kenta questioned why the administration continues to invoke Kenyatta in political debates, despite having governed the country since 2022.
“Four years in office, and still the loudest export of this administration is not roads, not jobs, not the cost of living relief promised at every rally, it is the name Uhuru Kenyatta,” he said.
The Jubilee official argued that the government should be judged on its performance rather than continue campaigning against its predecessor.
“A government that has been in power for a full term cannot keep campaigning against a man who left office in 2022,” Kenta said.
He maintained that leadership requires those in power to take responsibility for their own record rather than repeatedly highlighting the shortcomings of previous administrations.
Kenta further suggested that the continued political attention directed at Kenyatta reflected the former President’s enduring influence in Kenyan politics.
“If retired President Kenyatta’s presence is such a threat, it is only because his record still stands as a mirror this administration would rather not look into,” he said.
The remarks come as political parties and leaders increasingly position themselves ahead of the 2027 General Election. Kenyatta, who remains Jubilee Party leader, has continued to feature prominently in political discussions despite leaving the presidency in 2022. Jubilee has also remained active in opposition political engagements ahead of the next election.
Kenta said Kenyans did not elect the current administration to spend its term blaming a former president, but to deliver solutions to problems affecting citizens.
“Kenyans did not vote for a government whose main opposition strategy is a man who is no longer even on the ballot. They voted for solutions,” he said.
He accused the government of turning Kenyatta into a scapegoat for challenges that should instead be addressed through its own policies and performance.
“The government is free to disagree with him. It is not free to keep making him the scapegoat for its own scorecard and incompetence,” Kenta said.
