THE STANDARD By
Jael Mboga |
February 14th 2021 at 21:58:56 GMT +0300
The Building Bridges Initiative will not solve Kenya’s current problems, former UNCTAD secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi (
pictured) has said.
Speaking on a local television station on Sunday night, he said calls for a referendum are not what Kenya needs at the moment.
Kituyi, who resigned from his UN job six months before his term ended, has declared interest in the 2022 presidency race.
He said the country’s focus should be on post-Covid recovery, improving regional markets to boost business – all which cannot wait for a referendum.
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The former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development chief added that the divisive rhetoric being witnessed in the run-up to the general poll should be discouraged.