Your eyes are failing you yet you want to be President; Sifuna to Oburu
Your eyes are failing you yet you want to be President; Sifuna to Oburu
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has taken a swipe at ODM party leader Oburu Oginga over his difficulty reading a prepared speech during the ongoing broad-based government meeting in Naivasha.
Speaking on Monday in Kitui, Sifuna questioned Oburu’s presidential ambitions while urging young people to register as voters and take an active role in the country’s leadership.
Sifuna made the remarks while addressing residents in Kitui, where he also praised Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua for delivering his speech.
“Someone there is telling us that his eyes are failing him mid-speech, and yet he wants to be the President. Where will you be a president? You have seen Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua has read his speech well, and yet someone there is saying the eyes have failed him,” he said.
The Nairobi senator urged young people to register as voters and demonstrate their capacity to lead.
“I ask all the youths to get registered and show the old people that we too are Kenyans and we are capable of leadership. We want to take up the leadership of this country while we are able to work for you.”
Oburu, who is the ODM party leader, sparked laughter during a broad-based government Parliamentary Group meeting in Naivasha, Nakuru County on Monday, after appearing to struggle to read his prepared speech.
The former Siaya senator briefly attempted to continue with the address before abandoning the script and placing it on the lectern.
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Oburu then told those present that he was struggling to read the speech.
“Your Excellency, my eyes are failing me. I will drop this speech,” Oburu said, drawing laughter from the leaders gathered in the hall.
The light moment broke the formality of the meeting before Oburu continued with his address without relying on the written speech.
He went on to reflect on the political changes that have brought former political competitors together under the broad-based government arrangement.
“Two years ago, it would not have been possible to imagine this kind of a mixture in a hall anywhere, because just about two, three years ago, we were serious competitors in a democratic state,” he said.
Oburu said political leaders had previously competed for power but that their political differences did not change their responsibility to the country.
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