Kieni Member of Parliament Kanini Kega has dismissed 2022 campaign promises by Deputy President William Ruto that he will transform Kenya should he ascend to power.
Speaking on JKLive aired on Citizen Live on Wednesday, October 6, the Jubilee lawmaker wondered why the deputy president has not transformed the country yet he has been the second most powerful person in the Jubilee government for the last nine years.
“If the Deputy President was honest about transforming this country, he would have done so in the last nine years,” Kanini Kega said.
Although the deputy president has been pointing accusing fingers at the famous Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga for derailing the government’s big four agenda whose main aim was to transform Kenya, Kega says Ruto should have quit the government if that was the case.
“If he felt the environment was not conducive, he would have left government …but you cannot have your cake and eat it. It is purely hypocritical,” he added.
On Wednesday, October 6, the deputy president said he would transform the country by focusing on instituting robust legal and financial policies to foster the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Ruto who was speaking during a meeting with grassroots leaders from Emurua Dikirr and Kuria in Kilgoris, Narok County said he will make funds available to small business owners through their cooperative societies at low-interest rates to protect them from shylocks if elected the fifth president.
“Lack of proper infrastructure, legal regime, and financial framework for small businesses has exposed entrepreneurs to tough working conditions and exploitative creditors who have limited their growth,” he said.
Two days ago, Ruto has said the Jubilee development agenda was hijacked by their 2017 opponents who joined the government.
“The Jubilee Government’s second term has been affected. We have not seen peace since 2018. The Big Four plan which was our second term plan is in a mess, the housing plan has collapsed,” Ruto said.