Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said it was time to work and deliver as the time for talk is over.

Gachagua said that while addressing Kenyans during the Mashujaa Day celebrations held on Thursday at the Uhuru Gardens.

The deputy president, while challenging all the elected leaders reminded them there was no more time to waste as Kenyans were waiting for them to deliver.

“I also wish to congratulate all the elected leaders in the just concluded elections and remind them that it is time to deliver; we cannot afford to waste a single minute. We know Kenyans are suffering. No more talk. It is work. Tuchape Kazi sawasawa,” Gachagua said.

Gachagua thanked Kenyans who exercised their right to vote and maintained peace during and after the elections, noting it showed maturity in democracy.

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“Allow me to most sincerely thank the people of Kenya for exercising their constitutional right to vote; but more importantly, upholding peace before and after election; Kenya is a mature democracy and indeed our great nation is back as an island of peace,” the DP said. 

Gachagua also said it was time for Kenyans to set political differences aside and work to deliver.

“Irrespective of our political differences, it is time to work and deliver. We Are All Kenyans. This Is Our Nation, We are Rising Together,” he said.

“This is the freedom our forefathers fought for. This is the freedom Kenyans voted for. No room for PAIN and SUFFERING.”

While acknowledging the challenges that face Kenyans Gachagua urged Kenyans to contribute daily in any way to the development of the country.

“The challenges that we face as a nation ranging from social, to economic and political, belong to all of us,” Gachagua said.

“I call upon all Kenyans to each make a contribution every day, in a simple or small way, it matters; as they say in Kiswahili, “Umoja Ni Nguvu”! That is the Philosophy of Harambee!”