Politics
President Uhuru Slams Ruto ‘Handouts’ Culture
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appeared to hit out at his Deputy William Ruto’s policy of issuing handouts to potential voters in a bid to woo them.
Speaking during his day-long trip to Ukambani, the President instead vouched for the improvement of infrastructure as a way of offering employment activities to more Kenyans.
“There are some people who just talk because they want to poison the minds of the youth,” he explained.
“Kenyans don’t need handouts. They prefer to be independent and for that to happen, we have to ensure there is the available infrastructure and environment for them to thrive.”
The President also thanked opposition leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, who were present at the function, for sharing his vision to improve the state of roads, schools, dams, and hospitals in the country.
“Infrastructure is very important (and) those who do not understand why we are launching these projects should know we will not be in a position to handle the challenges with lack of employment and uplift the standards of living without infrastructure.”
“I want to thank Raila and Kalonzo because they share this vision and always talk about infrastructure.”
Ruto who’s trained his sights in succeeding his boss ahead of the 2022 general elections, has appeared to favour conducting Harambees in churches, plus for women and youth groups, and even hosting delegations at his official residence in Karen.
He has also preferred to distribute items such as salons, wheelbarrows, and even motorbikes to residents as business start-ups.
Odinga has also consistently blasted Ruto’s culture of engaging in Harambees, while questioning the DP’s source of wealth.
Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to that his government if given the mandate to lead the country in the August 9 polls will deal with hands-on with ‘State capture.’
According to the Presidential candidate, state policies are being used to facilitate the theft of public funds as corruption had been absorbed into government.
DP William Ruto made these calims while speaking to the Reuters in an interview.
“We have no intention of prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta, but we have every intention of dealing with State capture. It cannot be business as usual,” the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate said.
DP Ruto’s running mate, Rigathi Gachagua also alluded to said State capture, saying those involved will be dealt with should Kenya Kwanza form the next government.
“We will not go after individuals. We will go after all those in state capture and conflict of interest,” Gachagua said in a joint media broadcast.
The Mathira MP vaguely explained that it was “people in power who have used or are using their offices to use up public resources to their advantage,” when asked who or what State capture was.
The DP has also revealed plans of bringing to end the Kenya’s national debt, which currently stands at Sh9 trillion, in an exclusive interview with international media.
He said the country has the capacity to handle the debt situation, and that they as Kenya Kwanza have mapped out plans of how to go about it, should they win.
“We will put the brakes on more borrowing. It may not come to zero but we will begin the journey to slow down on more borrowing,” the DP said.
Campaigns hit fever pitch and candidates scramble for airtime to sell their agendas with just eighteen (18) days left as Kenya will soon be headed to the General Election.
Sonko has increased the intense in the race for Mombasa county which already has aspirants from the UDA and ODM parties.
Sonko has finally been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
On Thursday, July 14 2022, Sonko in the accompany of his supporters was given the green light.
The former Nairobi governor was invited by the IEBC to submit his letter for clearance as per a letter addressed to him earlier.
“The venue will be the IEBC Mombasa County offices and you are expected to submit your papers on July 14, 2022 between 2pm and 4pm,” Swalha Ibrahim the returning officer said.
The letter to Sonko came after a high court ruled that the politician doesn’t be disqualified from vying for governor noting that the governor was eligible to run for office. The commission said it could not head to the courts to appeal the decision as time could not allow.
Addressing the media after the clearance, Sonko said his candidature seeks to solve the problems of the people in the Coastal city and that he was bringing a new awakening in the city.
Sonko said he was not worried about the short time time line he has to undertake the campaigns in the large city noting that he was drawing a campaign schedule to begin immediately.
“We must campaign, we have few days but we will utilize them properly. We can do two days per constituency or a day per constituency,” Sonko noted.
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