President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM Party leader Raila Odinga on Wednesday launched the eagerly awaited BBI report.

The two chiefs encouraged Kenyans to keep away from troublesome politics cautioning that it destroys the nation and influences the economy negatively.

“Being ambitious is good, it is healthy but don’t let your ambitions overshadow our ability to fix those things that will help you achieve your ambitions,” said President Kenyatta.

President Kenyatta additionally said that each Kenyan merits a portion of the public cake.

He censured unreasonable rivalry by those he said are trying to serve their own interests to the detriment of others.

“We cannot build Kenya with one day. Let us focus on what will put us together. We have 42 different cultures that we should be proud about. Let us embrace our culture and tradition,” the head of State said.

On the other hand, Raila Odinga referred to the period during the 2017 polls when the IEBC was to announce results, however he and his group protested.

“You went to Kasarani, we went to Bomas. Our people wanted us to burn your portraits and start collecting taxes. I realised that was taking us to Somalia. It took us 19 hours. Wasn’t easy. We had called each other all sorts of names,” Odinga said.

As indicated by him, nations, for example, Tanzania are not stalled by tribalism as residents acknowledge each other regardless of affiliations.

The ODM Party chief said there will be a team of specialists who will look at proposals of Kenyans.

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