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William Ruto dismisses Raila Odinga’s promise of Ksh 6,000 to unemployed

by Enock Ndayala

Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed ODM leader Raila Odinga’s promise of Ksh 6,000 stipends to unemployed Kenyans.

Speaking at Kombani in Matuga, Kwale County, and the deputy president said Raila Odinga’s promise oif he succeeds retiring President Uhuru Kenyatta in the 2022 General Election will not solve the challenges Kenyans are grappling with.

He said Raila Odinga’s social welfare program is discriminatory as it only targets a certain group of vulnerables and will not reach out to all in dire need of help.

William Ruto dismisses Raila Odinga’s promise of Ksh 6,000 to unemployed
Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed ODM leader Raila Odinga’s promise of Ksh 6,000 stipends to unemployed Kenyans. Photo: William Ruto/Twitter.

“If he gives unemployed youths Ksh 6,000, what about the Mama Mboga and the others… Who will address their economic challenges? Who will empower them?” the DP posed.

While drumming up support for his Bottom-Up economic model, the deputy president said his economic revival plan does not specify the certain group it will support.

“Our Bottom-Up economic agenda is all-inclusive as it does not specify on which group of people will benefit. It will benefit all the unemployed as well as the low-income earners in the country,” Ruto said.

Last weekend, the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga promised KSh 6,000 monthly social welfare stipend to all unemployed Kenyanss should he become the president in the 2022 presidential elections.

He noted he has a plan to ensure the unemployed are catered for and provided with KSh 6,000 monthly stipends to cushion the vulnerable families and give them a financial lifeline.

“I want to see if every Kenyan gets a job, those who do not get jobs means there will be social welfare states, they will get every month from the government six thousand shillings,” he said.

However, analysts and critics have poked holes in the program saying it will be hard to implement in as much as it is a great campaign tool.

“Because Kenyan’s are lazy in the way they think, the implementors shall just disburse the money to anyone. Someone shall be working at a quarry in Kenya, come receive the money and go back to his menial job,” analyst Herman Manyora said.

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