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I Have No Side In Kenya Poll – Museveni

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President Yoweri Museveni has said he will not take sides in the Kenyan presidential elections scheduled for 9 August, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reports

He dismissed allegations that Uganda and the ruling National Resistance Movement Party (NRM) support Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto.

“Elections in Kenya or any other African country are a matter of the people of that country. We never take sides in the internal matters of other countries. So, we have no side in the Kenya elections,” Mr Museveni said.

Mr Ruto has made several visits to Uganda, including in 2015 when he joined President Museveni on a campaign rally in the eastern town of Kapchorwa.

Mr Museveni last year invited Mr Ruto as his chief guest during the launch of a vaccine manufacturing facility in central Wakiso District.

In August of the same year, Kenyan immigration authorities blocked Mr Ruto from flying to Uganda for what he had termed a private visit.

Mr Ruto and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga are seen as front-runners in the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta.

BBC

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