Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has said the 2022 presidential contest will be a two-horse race between him and the state machinery.
Ruto believes that it will pit the promoters of the Bottom-Up Economic Development Model that seeks to create jobs and expand enterprises versus the believers of the trickle-down plan of the handout mentality.
“Kenyans will make a decision between the two; empowerment of the poor and power to a few individuals,” he said.
Ruto who spoke on Thursday, October 21, at his Karen Residence when he hosted religious leaders, opinion-shapers, and small-scale businessmen from Githurai said that it was unfortunate that leaders were still talking of handouts and stipends to the poor and jobless Kenyans.
“That kind of program is an insult to our country. Kenyans are creative and would like to be presented with opportunities to work and conduct business,” Ruto said.
The former Agriculture minister further noted that he was dedicated to changing Kenya’s politics from that of hate, division, and ethnicity to one that unites and transforms the country.
He said the Hustler Nation will blend the now abandoned Big Four agenda and the revolutionary Bottom-Up Economic Development Plan to change Kenya for the better.
According to Ruto, those behind the famous March 2018 Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition chief Raila Odinga are state machinery.
With barely 10 months to the 2022 General Election, President Uhuru Kenyatta who is expected to retire in August 2022 appears to be considering former Prime Minister Raila Odinga as his successor.
This saw the deputy president saying he feels betrayed by the people he helped to get into power only for them to gang against him.
“I had expected him (President Uhuru Kenyatta) to see my abilities and support me in the next polls, only for him to seek the services of other people,” William Ruto said.
