Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has been dishing a series of promises, some of which he failed to deliver with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Speaking on Wednesday, November 3 for instance, the deputy president promised to create four million jobs for the youths if he was elected as the country’s fifth president in the 2022 General Election.
While exuding confidence that the UDA party will form the next government, the deputy president promised to inject KSh100 billion in projects that will ensure our young people get engaged in meaningful employment.
“My first role in the office will be to allocate funds that will enable four million young people to get jobs,
“In addition, I will create a special fund to help bodaboda riders and Mama Mboga all over the country to improve their living conditions,” William Ruto said.
Ruto who was speaking at Gatunyu Grounds in Murang’a County, further said he will incorporate the Big Four Agenda with his bottom-up economic model if elected president in the next General Election.
“We had a plan with Big Four but it was delayed because we received visitors who came with a lot of things, including reggae and BBI… the Big Four work we did not complete will be finished under bottom-up,” he said.
Prior to August 8, 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto pledged to create 1.7 million jobs annually once they are sworn in.
The two also pledged to create a commercial Bank that would provide low-interest loans to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Many of these promises remain a pipe dream because the number of unemployed youth has doubled whereas more than 2 million Kenyans continue to suffer from the effects of hunger in 23 counties in the country.
Although analysts are wondering why William Ruto has not fulfilled those promises when he is in government and why he should wait until he becomes president to implement them while he can fulfill those promises as deputy president.
Ruto seems to be running his campaigns cunningly as he has been bragging about using government projects while distancing himself from the regime’s flaws.
